Gloucester: Rebecca Trimnell
Historic St Oswald's Priory attacked by vandals
Foul language and tags have been sprayed over the Priory in an overnight attack
20 Oct 2023
St Oswald’s Priory awarded Government grant
13 Mar 2021
One of Gloucester's most important monuments has received a Government grant to help with ongoing maintenance.
St Oswald's Priory has been awarded £25,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund to pay towards the cost of conservation work.
Among the projects is placing a turf layer onto the top of the walls, which helps reduce the deterioration of the stones.
The Priory, which is a nationally important monument, was founded by Queen Aethelflaed in around the year 900.
Liberal Democrat Dr Rebecca Trimnell, who is standing in Hempsted & Westgate, said: "I am absolutely delighted by this news.
"However, this is very much, I will believe it when I see it.
"I have lived literally less than a stone's throw from St. Oswald's Priory for over seven years and it is shameful that the Tory-led council have literally kept the upkeep of this beautiful monument on the back burner.
"It has fallen into a bad state and it goes without saying it is more than about time something was done."
The remains of St Oswald of Northumbria were interred in a crypt there following Aethelflaed and her brother Edward King of Wessex bringing them to Gloucester.
Aethelflaed and her husband, King Aethelred of Mercia were also buried there.
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