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Coverham Abbey

Coverham Abbey — abbey in Coverham, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

Coverham Abbey

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Coverham Abbey is a abbey in yorkshire. Established 1101. (Premonstratensian monastery in England.) Wikipedia notes: "Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at Coverham in about 1212 by her son Ranulf fitzRalph, who had the body of his late mother reinterred in the chapter house at Coverham.". Coordinates 54.2732°, -1.8387°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
54.2732, -1.8387
Established
1101

Sources

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