Kingswood Abbey
| Kingswood Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 The gatehouse |
|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Gloucestershire
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| Coordinates: | 51 ° 37 '35 " N , 2 ° 22' 0" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
142 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1139 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1538 |
| Mother monastery | Tintern Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Kingswood Abbey (Kingeswoda) is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Kingswood, about 1 km southwest of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire in England (not to be confused with Kingswood near Bristol in South Gloucestershire ).
history
The monastery was founded in 1139 by William of Berkeley as a subsidiary of Tintern Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of Cîteaux . After the monastery was seized by King Stephen in the Civil War, it was moved to Hazelton near Rodmarton around 1147, but it was soon moved back to Kingswood; however, some of the monks stayed in Hazelton and some went to Tetbury. In 1164 the monastery was moved to a more convenient location in Kingswood and was repopulated by Waverley Abbey . The monastery was one of the most important wool producers in Great Britain. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 the annual income of the monastery was estimated at 232 pounds. The dissolution took place with the larger monasteries in the year 1538. The monastery property was given to Sir John Tynne.
Buildings and plant
Only the gatehouse from the 15th century is preserved, one of the last medieval monastery buildings that already has Renaissance features and is looked after by English Heritage . Almost nothing is known about the rest of the monastery complex.
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , p. 220.
