Abbeys & priories · East of England
St Benet's Abbey
St Benet's Abbey — abbey in Horning, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Acle · 5.9 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
St Benet's Abbey is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to AD 801. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "abbey in Horning, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.6861°, 1.5246°.
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Heritage listing
St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England. It lay on the River Bure within the Broads. St Benet is a medieval English version of the name of St Benedict of Nursia, hailed as the founder of western monasticism. At the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey's possessions were in effect seized by the crown and assigned to the diocese of Norwich. Though the monastery was supposed to continue as a community, within a few years at least the monks had dispersed.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England. It lay on the River Bure within the Broads. St Benet is a medieval English version of the name of St Benedict of Nursia, hailed as the founder of western monasticism. At the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey's possessions were in effect seized by the crown and assigned to the diocese of Norwich. Though the monastery was supposed to continue as a community, within a few years at least the monks had dispersed. Today there remain only ruins.
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Background
Description
The early history of the monastery has to be told tentatively since it is difficult to reconcile the surviving sources with what is known of the bigger picture of the development of the area. It is said that St Benet's was founded on the site of a 9th-century monastery where the hermit Suneman was martyred by the Danes. About the end of the 10th century it was rebuilt by one Wulfric. A generation later, c. 1022, King Canute conferred on it his manors of Horning, Ludham and Neatishead. Canute appears to have endowed at the same time another Benedictine monastery that was later Bury St Edmunds Abbey, at Beodricsworth, afterwards known as St Edmundsbury, where since the early 10th century, the…
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- Coordinates
- 52.6861, 1.5246
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- North Norfolk
- Parish
- Horning
- Postcode
- NR12 8NJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Norfolk
- Established
- 801
- Nearest railway station
- Acle — 5.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q13414750 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Benet's Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Benet's Main arch.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Benet's Abbey?
- St Benet's Abbey is in Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode NR12 8NJ), in the parish of Horning.
- When was St Benet's Abbey built?
- Dates from the Anglo-Saxon period.
- Is St Benet's Abbey a listed building?
- St Benet's Abbey is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- How do I get to St Benet's Abbey?
- The nearest railway station is Acle, about 5.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NR12 8NJ.