Abbeys & priories · East of England
Ramsey Abbey
In or near Warboys.
Ramsey Abbey — former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Ramsey Abbey, use the postcode PE26 1DJ for sat-nav directions. Entry details are not provided, but accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Ramsey Abbey is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to AD 969. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Affiliated with Catholicism. Wikidata describes it as: "former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.4482°, -0.1012°.
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Heritage listing
Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England. It was founded about AD 969 and dissolved in 1539. The site of the abbey in Ramsey is now a scheduled monument. Most of the abbey's buildings were demolished after the dissolution but surviving structures are Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings. Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse is in the care of the National Trust and the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey was one of the buildings of the abbey.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England. It was founded about AD 969 and dissolved in 1539. The site of the abbey in Ramsey is now a scheduled monument. Most of the abbey's buildings were demolished after the dissolution but surviving structures are Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings. Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse is in the care of the National Trust and the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey was one of the buildings of the abbey.
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Background
Description
Ramsey Abbey was founded in 969 by Oswald, Bishop of Worcester, on land donated by Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia (Earl Ailwyn), where he had already built a wooden chapel for three monks. The foundation was part of the mid-10th-century English Benedictine reform, in which Ely and Peterborough were also refounded. Æthelwine gave the new foundation properties including an estate at nearby Bodsey and Houghton Mill. The Frankish scholar Abbo of Fleury came to Ramsey at Oswald's invitation during the period 985–7, when his fortunes at Fleury Abbey were at a low ebb. He wrote two surviving works for his students while he was there; the Passio S. Eadmundi and the questiones grammaticales.…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4482, -0.1012
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Huntingdonshire
- Parish
- Ramsey
- Postcode
- PE26 1DJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Established
- 969
- Official site
- ramseyabbey.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2480691 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ramsey Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ramsey Abbey 1.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ramsey Abbey?
- Ramsey Abbey is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode PE26 1DJ), in the parish of Ramsey.
- What is Ramsey Abbey?
- Ramsey Abbey — former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- How do I get to Ramsey Abbey?
- Drivers can use postcode PE26 1DJ.
- When was Ramsey Abbey built?
- Built or established in 969.
- Who owns Ramsey Abbey?
- Ramsey Abbey is owned by |designation1= Scheduled Monument.
- Is Ramsey Abbey a listed building?
- Ramsey Abbey is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- How do I get to Ramsey Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PE26 1DJ. It sits within the North West Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency.