Rewley Abbey
Rewley Cistercian Abbey | |
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location |
United Kingdom England Oxfordshire |
Coordinates: | 51 ° 45 '15 " N , 1 ° 16' 9" W |
Serial number according to Janauschek |
683 |
founding year | 1281 |
Year of dissolution / annulment |
1535 |
Mother monastery | Thame Abbey |
Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Rewley Abbey (Regalis locus) is a former Cistercian monk abbey on historic Osney Island around 500 m northwest of downtown Oxford in England .
history
The monastery was founded around 1272 as a “studium” as a daughter monastery of Thame Abbey by Richard of Cornwall and raised to the abbey in 1281 at the instigation of Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall , the son of Richard, and was the college of the Cistercians Oxford University. So it belonged to the Filiation of Cîteaux . Before 1398 it lost its importance as a college, but continued to exist as an abbey. St. Bernard's College (now St. John's) was founded as a new preparatory college in 1437. In 1535, Rewley's annual income was estimated at £ 174. In 1536 the monastery was closed and Dr. Left to George Owen.
Buildings and plant
Little is known about the monastery buildings. The refectory was preserved as a malt house until the 18th century. The last remnants were removed except for a part of the wall with the passage around 1850 for railway purposes. This passage is visible from the canal walk north of Hythe Bridge.
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , p. 311.
- Julian Munby et al. a .: From Studium to Station. Rewley Abbey and Rewley Road Station, Oxford. Oxford Archaeological Unit, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-904220-40-7 , pp. 64-100 ( Oxford Archeology Occasional Paper 16).