Cathedrals · East Midlands
Garendon Abbey
Garendon 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
Garendon Abbey is a cathedral in england east midlands, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1133. 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
Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
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Background
History
Garendon was founded by Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, in 1133, and was probably a daughter house of Waverley Abbey in Surrey. Garendon was one of a number of religious establishments founded or patronised by Robert. He endowed the abbey with 690 acres of land in Garendon, a Burgage tenement in Leicester and land at Dishley, Shepshed and Ringolthorpe. Within a century of foundation, the abbey gained lands at Burton on the Wolds, Eastwell, Ibstock, Stanton under Bardon and Welby, all in Leicestershire; land at Costock, Nottinghamshire; and at Heathcote, Derbyshire. Monastic granges were then developed near the abbey, and at Burton on the Wolds, Dishley, Goadby, Ibstock,…
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- Coordinates
- 52.7743, -1.2585
- Address
- Between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England
- Established
- 1133
Sources
- wikidata: Q1494181 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Garendon Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Garendon Abbey?
- Garendon Abbey is in East Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.7743°, -1.2585°.
- When was Garendon Abbey built?
- Garendon Abbey dates to 1133.
- What denomination is Garendon Abbey?
- Garendon Abbey is affiliated with Christianity.