Rewley Abbey

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Rewley Cistercian Abbey
location United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom England Oxfordshire
EnglandEngland 
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 '15 "  N , 1 ° 16' 9"  W 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

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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).

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