West Door of St Bees Priory

The West Door of St Bees Priory: The Priory Church of St Mary and St Bega, St Bees, Cumbria.
This magnificent West Door is thought to date back to 1160.
The 12th century Priory, standing on the site of an earlier church, was a Benedictine Priory until its dissolution by Henry VIII in 1539.
St. Bees is named after St. Bega, an Irish princess who landed here about 900 AD after sailing across the Irish Sea to avoid an enforced marriage to a Viking chieftan.