Abbeys & priories · North East England
Shap Abbey
Shap Abbey — abbey in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Shap Abbey is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1101. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Affiliated with Christianity. Owned by English Heritage. Managed by English Heritage. Wikidata describes it as: "abbey in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, UK". Coordinates: 54.5287°, -2.6989°.
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Heritage listing
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.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From English Heritage
The impressive full-height 15th-century tower and other remains of a remote abbey of Premonstratensian 'white canons'.
Read more on the official property page.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
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>
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5287, -2.6989
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Shap
- Postcode
- CA10 3NB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Established
- 1101
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2820725 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Shap Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cumbria-ShapAbbey.jpg (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.
- Who runs Shap Abbey?
- Shap Abbey is operated by English Heritage.
- Is Shap Abbey a listed building?
- Shap Abbey is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is Shap Abbey a protected site?
- Yes — Shap Abbey is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Shap Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA10 3NB. It sits within the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency.