Sawley Abbey
| Sawley Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Sawley Abbey |
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| location |
 United Kingdom of England
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| Coordinates: | 53 ° 54 '49 " N , 2 ° 20' 29" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
277 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Newminster Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
Sawley Abbey (also Salley or Sallay) is a former Cistercian monastery in England .
location
The ruins of the monastery lie on the banks of the River Ribble in the village of Sawley in Lancashire (formerly West Riding of Yorkshire ), about 1/2 km north of the Preston-Harrogate A59 road.
history
The monastery was founded in 1147 by the Anglo-Norman Baron II William de Percy as a third daughter house of Newminster Abbey , a daughter house of Fountains Abbey , which even the filiation of the Branch Clairvaux came, donated and populated by monks from Newminster under Abbot Benedict. Economic difficulties in the early days were overcome by foundations from Matilda de Percy , Countess of Warwick and daughter of William Percy, and other members of the Percy family. In 1296, Stanlow Abbey, the Cistercian Abbey, founded in 1172, was relocated from the River Mersey to Whalley ( Whalley Abbey ) just a few miles from Sawley Abbey, causing complaints from Sawley to be dealt with by the General Chapter in 1305. In 1381 the abbey had 16 other monks in addition to the abbot. 1536 succeeded Abbot Thomas Bolton William Trafford as the last abbot, who took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 against the abolition of the smaller monasteries by the Crown in that year and was therefore hanged in 1537 for high treason. Sawley Abbey was withdrawn from the Crown in 1536. Then the monastery was left to decay. A large mansion was built on the monastery grounds, which was demolished in 1884. In the 19th century security work took place under the Earl de Gray and since 1970 excavations took place. Today the ruins are looked after by English Heritage .
Plant and buildings
Of the monastery church, essentially only the several times expanded, rectangular choir, which received two side aisles in the 16th century, and the transept with three side chapels each (some still with original floor tiles) in the east were built (end of the 12th century), from Ship just a short approach. Part of the dormitory staircase has been preserved in the ruins of the south transept. The enclosure was in the south (right) of the church. The refectory was at right angles to the south wing of the cloister, which was longer in north-south direction than in east-west direction.
literature
- Houses of Cistercian monks: Sawley. In: William Page (Ed.): The Victoria History of the County of York. Volume 3. Archibald Constable, London 1913, pp. 156–158 ( Victoria History of the Counties of England ), (Reprint: Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone et al. 1974, ISBN 0-7129-0611-8 ), online , with abts list .
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 334 f., With a plan.
- Nikolaus Pevsner : Yorkshire. The West Riding. 2nd edition revised by Enid Radcliffe. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1967, ISBN 0-14-071017-5 , pp. 430 f. ( The Buildings of England ).
