Warden Abbey
| Warden Cistercian Abbey | |
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.jpg) Warden Abbey |
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| location |
 United Kingdom England Bedfordshire
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| Coordinates: | 52 ° 4 '54 " N , 0 ° 21' 57.8" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
107 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1136 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1537 |
| Mother monastery | Rievaulx Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
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Warden Abbey , sometimes also called Wardon Abbey , is a former Cistercian abbey about 11 km southeast of Bedford in Bedfordshire in England near the road from Cardington to Old Warden.
history
The monastery was donated by Walter Espec , who had also already donated Rievaulx, on his land in Old Warden on December 8, 1136 and was the second daughter monastery of Rievaulx Abbey from the affiliation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The first abbot was Waltheof, the stepson of King David I of Scotland , who later became abbot of Melrose Abbey . Besides the three daughter monasteries Zavtra, Sibton and Tilty the abbey built to 1190 twelve granges . Warden was a relatively wealthy monastery. A mosaic floor was laid at the beginning of the 14th century. When it was dissolved it had 15 monks and an annual income of £ 389. After the confiscation in 1537, the monastery fell to the Gostwick family, who built a mansion next to it. The monastery was completely demolished. Excavations took place around 1839 and around 1960 that uncovered the foundations of the choir and the east corridor of the cloister. In the area of the former abbey, the Whitbread family who owns it today operates viticulture.
Buildings and plant
The rectangular closed church was in the north, the enclosure south of it. The facility seems to have followed the usual plan.
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 407-408.
Web links
- Website of the Certosa di Firenze about the monastery with a few photos
- Website of Cistercians Sheffield (English)
Remarks
- ^ A b cf. p. 146 David Knowles et al .: The Heads of Religious Houses: England & Wales, I. 940-1216 . Second edition, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80452-3 .