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Crowland Abbey
Crowland Abbey — parish church of Church of England in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Crowland Abbey is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to AD 701. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "parish church of Church of England in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.6764°, -0.1653°.
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Heritage listing
Crowland Abbey (historically often spelled Croyland Abbey; Latin: Croilandia) is a Church of England parish church, formerly part of a Benedictine abbey church, in Crowland in the English county of Lincolnshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Crowland Abbey (historically often spelled Croyland Abbey; Latin: Croilandia) is a Church of England parish church, formerly part of a Benedictine abbey church, in Crowland in the English county of Lincolnshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
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Background
History
A monk named Guthlac came to what was then an island in the Fens to live the life of a hermit, and he dwelt at Croyland between 699 and 714. Following in Guthlac's footsteps, a monastic community came into being here in the 8th century. Croyland Abbey was dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Guthlac. During the third quarter of the 10th century Thurcytel, a nobleman, cleric, and relative of Oscytel, Archbishop of York, became abbot of Crowland and endowed the abbey with many estates. It is thought that, about this time, the house adopted the Benedictine rule. In the 11th century, Hereward the Wake was a tenant of the abbey. Orderic Vitalis and William of…
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- Coordinates
- 52.6764, -0.1653
- County
- Lincolnshire
- District
- South Holland
- Parish
- Crowland
- Postcode
- PE6 0EH
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Official site
- crowlandabbey.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q549614 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Crowland Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: West Front Croyland Abbey.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Crowland Abbey?
- Crowland Abbey is in Lincolnshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode PE6 0EH), in the parish of Crowland.
- When was Crowland Abbey built?
- Dates from the Anglo-Saxon period.
- Is Crowland Abbey a listed building?
- Crowland Abbey is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- How do I get to Crowland Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PE6 0EH. It sits within the South Holland and The Deepings parliamentary constituency.