Combermere Abbey
| Combermere Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Combermere Abbey: abbot house |
|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Shropshire |
| Coordinates: | 52 ° 59 '37 " N , 2 ° 36' 50" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
250 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1539 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
Dieulacres Abbey (1147) |
Combermere Abbey is a former Cistercian monk abbey in England . The monastery is located about five kilometers northeast of Whitchurch in Shropshire and about 12 kilometers from Nantwich in the extreme south of the county of Cheshire .
history
The convent belonging to the Congregation of Savigny was founded in 1133 by Hugo de Malbanc (Hugh Malbank), Lord of Nantwich. The monastery was richly endowed, u. a. with salt pans in Nantwich. In 1147 it joined the Cistercian Order with the Congregation of Savigny, in which it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . A grangie was set up at Wincle in Macclesfield Forest , others at Dodcott, Ditchley, Smeaton, Heyfields, Shifford, Cliff, Chesthill, Newton and Yarlet. The monastery, which ran an extensive sheep farm, founded three daughter monasteries: Whalley Abbey , first in Stanlow, Dieulacres Abbey , first in Poulton, and Hulton Abbey . In 1245 the abbey was given the right to hold a fair in Drayton. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the abbey was placed under custody several times. 1309 there were clashes with Richard von Fullshurst and residents of Nantwich. Later the abbey, which was characterized by numerous disputes, became impoverished. In 1379 it was still inhabited by 10 monks. In 1446 Abbot Richard Alderwas was killed by a farm worker. In 1496 the monastery was exempted from taxes because of its poverty. In 1538 the monastery was confiscated by the Crown and subsequently loaned to George Cotton, whose descendants were raised to Viscounts Combermere in 1827 , and remained in the family's possession until 1919. The plant is owned by Viscount Garnock . The existing estate with an extensive park and a lake (Comber Mere) is part of a dairy farm with holiday homes for rent.
Plant and buildings
The dissolution of the monastery left only the abbot's house from around 1500, which probably takes the place of the former east wing of the enclosure. It was expanded between 1814 and 1820. In 1972 parts of it were demolished. The location of the church is assumed to be north of the abbot's house. Various other buildings are more recent.
Remarks
- ↑ cf. the sketch at New
literature
- Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Combermere. In: BE Harris (Ed.): A History of the County of Chester. Volume 3. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1980, ISBN 0-19-722754-6 , pp. 150-156 ( The Victoria History of the Counties of England ), online , with incomplete list of abbots.
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , p. 122 f.