Cathedrals · North East England
Shap Abbey
Shap Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
Simon Ledingham — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Shap Abbey is a cathedral in england north east, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1101. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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From the Wikipedia article
Shap Abbey was a religious house of the Premonstratensian order of Canons regular situated on the western bank of the River Lowther in the civil parish of Shap Rural, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the village of Shap, in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The site is in the care of English Heritage and managed on its behalf by the Lake District National Park.
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Background
History
Although the present Shap Abbey was built in 1199, the monastic community was founded on another site 20 miles south near Kendal in 1190, but it moved to the present site, then called 'Hepp', in 1199. The old name meant 'a heap' but it gradually assumed the present-day name "Shap" over the next 100 years. One of the abbots was the impressive Richard Redman (died 1505), later successively Bishop of St Asaph (c. 1471), Bishop of Exeter (1495), and Bishop of Ely (1501). He is remembered by a magnificent funeral monument in Ely Cathedral Shap Abbey escaped the initial phase of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, but it was closed in 1540 and subsequently sold to the Governor of…
Visiting
The site is open to the public at all reasonable times and entry is free. Facilities are limited to a car park and a short path leading over the fields to the small 16th-century Keld Chapel, now in the care of the National Trust. <gallery> Image:ShapAbbey(SimonLedingham)Aug2004.jpg|Shap Abbey August 2004, from the air. Image:Shap abbey.jpg|Remains of Shap Abbey tower </gallery>
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- Coordinates
- 54.5287, -2.6989
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Shap
- Postcode
- CA10 3NB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Established
- 1101
Sources
- wikidata: Q2820725 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Shap Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Shap Abbey?
- Shap Abbey is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA10 3NB), in the parish of Shap.
- When was Shap Abbey built?
- Built or established in 1101.
- How do I get to Shap Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA10 3NB. It sits within the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency.