Calder Abbey
| Calder Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom of England
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| Coordinates: | 54 ° 26 '31 " N , 3 ° 27' 58" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
? |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Furness Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
Calder Abbey is a former Cistercian monk abbey in England . The ruins of the monastery are located in Cumbria in Calder Bridge.
history
The first abbey in Calder was founded within the Congregation of Savigny by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester in 1135, then moved to Hood after attacks from Scotland and in 1143 to Old Byland and in 1177 to its present location; this monastery joined the Cistercian order in 1147 with the Congregation of Savigny. In Calder, under the direction of Abbot Hardred, a new monastery was founded in 1142 or 1143 by Furness Abbey , which also belongs to the Congregation of Savigny and which joined the Cistercian order in 1147. Thus Calder Abbey belonged to the Filiation of Clairvaux . The abbey, then settled by 9 monks under the abbot Richard Ponsonby, was conscripted by the crown in 1536 and left to the royal commissioner Thomas Leigh. The facility, which is not freely accessible, now belongs to the Burns-Lindow family.
Plant and buildings
The five-bay church, the nave of which was built around 1175, the transept and choir was probably not built until around 1200 and changed in the 13th century and after an attack around 1332, fell into disrepair after the monastery was closed. The northern nave arcades with alternating octagonal and four-pass columns as well as parts of the crossing and the aisles have been preserved. The facility essentially corresponds to the Bernhardin plan. The chapter house, the masonry of which has largely been preserved, adjoins the south transept. The current mansion from the early 19th century (Calder Abbey House) takes the place of the former south wing of the enclosure.
literature
- Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Calder. In: James Wilson (Ed.): A History of the County of Cumberland. Volume 2. Constable, London 1905, pp. 174-178 ( The Victoria history of the counties of England ), online .
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , p. 99 ff., With a plan.
