Waterbeach Abbey
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Waterbeach Abbey was an abbey at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in 1294 by nuns from the Second Order of St. Francis who had come from Longchamp Abbey in France,[1] which also at least inspired the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate. By 1351, the flood-prone abbey had become disused, the nuns having moved to the nearby Denny Abbey. The site is a scheduled monument.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ L.F. Salzman, L.F. (1948). 'Houses of minoresses: Abbey of Waterbeach', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 2. pp. 292–295. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Waterbeach Abbey (site of) (1006888)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
52°15′44″N 0°11′41″E / 52.2622°N 0.1947°E
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- Monasteries in Cambridgeshire
- 1294 establishments in England
- Christian monasteries established in the 1290s
- Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire
- Roman Catholic monasteries in England
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- Women in England
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- Poor Clare monasteries in England
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