Cathedrals · South West England
Canonsleigh Abbey
Canonsleigh Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
Canonsleigh Abbey is a cathedral in england south west, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1200. 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
Canonsleigh Abbey was an Augustinian priory at Canonsleigh, in the parish of Burlescombe, Devon, England.
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Background
History
It was founded in about 1170 by Walter de Claville, lord of the manor of Burlescombe, for the Augustinian canons regular as the Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist. He appears to have been a descendant of Walter I de Claville (floruit 1086), one of the 52 Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror, who had 32 landholdings in Devon. The original Anglo-Saxon name of the site donated by Walter II, perhaps a sub-manor of Burlescombe, was "Leigh" (Domesday Book Leige), which after the foundation of the Abbey became known as "Canons' Leigh" and was Latinised by mediaeval scribes to Leigh Canonicorum (i.e. "Leigh of the canons"), now…
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- Coordinates
- 50.9487, -3.3277
- Established
- 1200
Sources
- wikidata: Q5033411 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Canonsleigh Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Canonsleigh Abbey?
- Canonsleigh Abbey is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 50.9487°, -3.3277°.
- When was Canonsleigh Abbey built?
- Canonsleigh Abbey dates to 1200.
- What denomination is Canonsleigh Abbey?
- Canonsleigh Abbey is affiliated with Christianity.