Memorials & monuments · London
Ailesbury Mausoleum
Ailesbury Mausoleum is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Flitwick · 3.9 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ailesbury Mausoleum is a public memorial or monument in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 52.0309°, -0.4588°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Maulden Church Meadow SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Ailesbury Mausoleum situated in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Maulden, in Bedfordshire, is a Grade II listed structure built in 1656 by Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin (1599–1663) (father by his 1st wife of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1626-1685)), of nearby Houghton House in the parish of Maulden, for the purpose of housing the coffin and "splendid monument" of his second wife, Lady Diana Cecil (d. 1654), a daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter and widow of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford. In the opinion of the architectural historian Sir Howard Colvin (1991) it is one of the first two free-standing mausoleums ever built in England, together with the Cabell Mausoleum at Buckfastleigh in Devon.
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Background
History
It was customary before the use of mausoleums in England for prominent gentry and nobility to be buried within the parish churches of which they owned the advowson, or which served the parish within which was situated the manor of which they were lords and in which was situated their manor house and principal seat. In the early mediaeval era exceptionally wealthy such persons desired to be buried within abbeys or monasteries founded by themselves or their ancestors (usually for the express purpose of funding monks or nuns to pray continually for the rapid transition of their souls and those of their ancestors through the uncertain stage of Purgatory and rapidly onwards to eternal rest in…
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- Coordinates
- 52.0309, -0.4588
- District
- Central Bedfordshire
- Parish
- Maulden
- Postcode
- MK45 2AU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Nearest railway station
- Flitwick — 3.9 km
Sources
- osm: n4685238546 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Ailesbury Mausoleum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ailesbury Mausoleum 04.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ailesbury Mausoleum?
- Ailesbury Mausoleum is in London, United Kingdom (postcode MK45 2AU), in the parish of Maulden.
- Is Ailesbury Mausoleum a protected site?
- Yes — Ailesbury Mausoleum is part of the Maulden Church Meadow SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Ailesbury Mausoleum free to visit?
- Yes, Ailesbury Mausoleum is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ailesbury Mausoleum?
- The nearest railway station is Flitwick, about 3.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode MK45 2AU.