The purgatory scene, the main scene of our film. We have
been looking for a suitable location that will meet our needs for a very long
time. A derelict, out of this world location, easy to access for our film crew,
with good lighting, away from the chaos of town centre. After a couple of weeks
of searching round Barnsley area using google maps, and asking around I found
just the place. Monk Bretton Priory.
Originally a monastery under the Cluniac order, Monk Bretton
Priory is located in the village of Lundwood, in the borough of Barnsley,
England. It was founded in 1154 as the Priory of St. Mary Magdelene of Lund by
Adam Fitswane, sited on the Lund, from Old Norse (Old Scandinavian). In the
course of time the priory took the name of the nearby village of Bretton to be
commonly known as Monk Bretton Priory. The monastery closed on 30 November 1538
during the dissolution, and the site passed into the ownership of the Blithman
family. In 1580 the land was again sold to George Talbot, 6th Earl of
Shrewsbury who gave the estate to his fourth son Henry on his marriage to
Elizabeth Rayner. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and now in the care
of English Heritage.
The priory turned out to be a perfect location. We could
access it at at any day of the week from 10:00 am to 3:00pm/ 4:00pm. It is one
out of a few tourist destinations Barnsley has, however filming wasn't a huge
problem. We got a permission to film, (soon as we didn't climb or damage the
ruins) the lighting was great. The location, being ruins of a medieval priory
has put some more religuous, symoblical meaning to the film and it's plot.
Churches/ Priories, by Christians/ Catholics were and still are often perceived
as sacred, holy places where people go to "talk" with god, ask for
forgiveness and cleanse theirselves from their sins. The purgatory is a place
inbetween heaven or hell. People who didn't deserve to go to hell or heaven.
stay there for a certain amount of time to cleanse theirselves from their sins
and ask for forgiveness.
(Entrance to the Priory)
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