Cathedrals · London
Lesnes Abbey
Lesnes 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
Lesnes Abbey is a cathedral in england london, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1101. 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
Lesnes Abbey is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, England. It is a scheduled monument, and the abbey's ruins are listed at Grade II by Historic England. The adjacent Lesnes Abbey Woods are a Local Nature Reserve. Part of the wood is the Abbey Wood SSSI, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which is an important site for fossils of the early Tertiary period.
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Background
History
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the area of Lesnes, close to the town of Erith, passed into the possession of Bishop Odo, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Loisnes in the Hundred of Litlelai. The year 1178 saw the foundation of the Abbey of St Mary and St Thomas the Martyr at Lesnes, on a site now located in the suburbs of southeast London to the north of the ancient but long-managed Lesnes Abbey Woods that are named after it, where the land rises above what would originally have been marshland. It was the home for a small group of canons regular related to the Arroussian Order, a more relaxed version of the Augustinian canons, and subject to many reports over the years…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4885, 0.1292
- Address
- Abbey Wood, London
- Established
- 1101
- Official site
- www.lesnesabbeywoods.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q6531292 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lesnes Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lesnes Abbey?
- Lesnes Abbey is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4885°, 0.1292°.
- When was Lesnes Abbey built?
- Lesnes Abbey dates to 1101.
- What denomination is Lesnes Abbey?
- Lesnes Abbey is affiliated with Christianity.