St Mary Magdalen Nunnery, Bristol

St Mary Magdalen Nunnery (grid reference ST585733) was a priory of Augustinian canonesses in Kingsdown, Bristol, England.

She was the widow of Robert Fitzharding, a wealthy burgess of Bristol who had risen to become the Lord of Berkeley.

[6] Some remains of the nunnery, Perpendicular in style, have been found on the site of the King David Inn.

[2] In 1535 when the net annual incomes of the Bristol religious houses were assessed in the Valor Ecclesiasticus, St Mary Magdalen had a complement of 2 nuns and an income of £21, compared to the figures of 19 and £670 for St Augustine's Abbey.

They found the nunnery to be without debt and the building in good condition, but its possessions to be worth only a few pounds.

Engraving of King David Inn
The inn on the site of the nunnery in 1882