Cathedrals · East of England
Wardon Abbey
Wardon 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
Wardon Abbey is a cathedral in england east, 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
Wardon or Warden Abbey, Bedfordshire, was one of the senior Cistercian houses of England, founded about 1135 from Rievaulx Abbey. It is a Grade I listed building.
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Background
History
The patron was Walter Espec, who had founded the mother house and settled the new community on one of his inherited estates, on unprofitable wasteland, as its early name, St Mary de Sartis, implied, just the kind of remote, uninhabited sites specified by the founders of the Cistercian order. The first abbot, Simon, was a pupil of Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx. The success of the abbey may be inferred from the foundation of a daughter house, Sibton Abbey, Suffolk, as soon as 1150. The village of Old Warden, Bedfordshire grew up under the Abbey's protection. Great accumulated Cistercian wealth enabled Wardon Abbey to be rebuilt on a grand scale in the early fourteenth century, with complex tiling…
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- Coordinates
- 52.0817, -0.3661
- Address
- Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England
- Established
- 1101
Sources
- wikidata: Q939928 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wardon Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wardon Abbey?
- Wardon Abbey is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.0817°, -0.3661°.
- When was Wardon Abbey built?
- Wardon Abbey dates to 1101.
- What denomination is Wardon Abbey?
- Wardon Abbey is affiliated with Christianity.