Pipewell Abbey
| Pipewell Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Northamptonshire |
| Coordinates: | 52 ° 27 '45 " N , 0 ° 45' 40" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
188 |
| founding year | 1143 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1538 |
| Mother monastery | Newminster Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Pipewell Abbey ( St. Mary de Divisis , after the location on both sides of Harpers Brook, which also formed a political border; Pipewella) is a former Cistercian monastery in England . The remains of the monastery lie on the eastern edge of the small village of Pipewell in Northamptonshire in the Borough of Kettering , about 3 miles southwest of Corby , north of the Harpers Brook.
history
The monastery was founded by William Bouteleveyne (also Butevilain) in the year 1143 as a daughter house of Newminster Abbey , a daughter house of Fountains Abbey , which even the filiation of the Branch Clairvaux , donated came from. Founding conventions arrived at the same time from Newminster Abbey and Garendon Abbey , but the Garendon convent had to withdraw again. The monastery buildings were rebuilt in the 13th century and consecrated in 1311. The abbey owned several grangia, including the important Causton Grange in Warwickshire , a miniature abbey. The abbey's income consisted largely of lumber from Rockingham Forest. In the 15th century the abbey became impoverished. In 1538 the monastery was confiscated from the Crown and given to William Parre, King Henry VIII's brother-in-law . Today the site is owned by the Comerford family. The home farm occupies the western part. The plan of the monastery complex could be partially determined during an excavation in 1909.
Plant and buildings
Nothing has survived from the site above the ground since 1720, irregularities in the ground behind the home farm give a rough impression of the site. The plan at New shows a regular layout according to the Bernardine plan, the church with a rectangular choir with two aisles, a transept and a three-aisled nave of unknown length. The enclosure was located south (to the right of) the church. Floor tiles from the convent can be found in Great Oakley Church and additional fixtures in Brigstock Church and Little Oakley Manor.
literature
- House of Cistercian Monks: The Abbey of Pipewell. In: W. Ryland, D. Adkins, RM Serjeantson (Eds.): A History of the County of Northampton. Volume 2. Constable, London et al. 1906, pp. 116-121 ( The Victoria history of the Counties of England ), (Reprint: Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge et al. 1970, ISBN 0-7129-0450-6 ), online , with incomplete Abts list.
- Antony New: A guide to the abbeys of England and Wales. Constable and Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 294 f., With a plan.
- Edmund King: The Foundation of Pipewell Abbey, Northamptonshire. In: Haskins Society Journal. Vol. 2, 1990, ISSN 0963-4959 , pp. 167-177.