Kayland
Title
Kayland
Also Known As
Cottesbrook, Kalenda, Kalendar, Kaylend
Dates
Founded 12th/13th c.?; dissolved 16th c.?
Dedication
John
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
The priory at Kayland was founded in the late 12th or early 13th century by William de Buttevillain. It may have operated more as a grange than as a full-fledged priory. Archaeological evidence of a moated site and fishponds are visible at the site.
Status
Priory
Bibliography
Stevenson, G.H. “Kayland Cell, Cottesbrook, Northamptonshire.” Reports and Papers Read at the Meetings of the Architectural Societies of the Archdeaconry of Northampton, the Counties of York and Lincoln and of the Architectural and Archaeological Societies of Bedfordshire and St Albans 37 (1923): 131–33.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Kayland,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/256.