Crowland
Coordinates: 52 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ W
Crowland is a town in the south of the British county of Lincolnshire .
location
The place is two to five meters above sea level in an extensive agricultural area on the A 1073 and B 1040 south of Spalding , west of Wisbech , northeast of Peterborough and east of Stamford .
history
The older place name is Croyland (= swampy land); the current name only appeared after the monastery was abolished in the course of the Reformation . Originally, the place in the marshland "the Fens" was divided into three parts by flowing waters, as the Trinity Bridge testifies to. The three-arched bridge originally crossed the confluence of the Welland and Nyne rivers. Croyland received privileges and market rights under King Stephen in 1142 and under King Henry VI. 1460.
Croyland Abbey
see main article Croyland Abbey
Others
- Jeremy Potter wrote a historical detective novel under the title "The Secret of the Abbot of Croyland", which takes place in the Reformation era.
- The Crowland Football Club was founded in 1919.
literature
- Croyland Abbey. Short guide. (Leaflet, no year)
- Simon Jenkins: England's Thousand Best Churches . London: Penguin Books 1999/2009, p. 433
