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Denny Abbey is a former abbey near Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. It was founded as a Benedictine abbey around 1150. In 1169 the site was transferred to the Knights Templar. In 1327 Edward III gave the Priory to a young widow, Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke (1303-1377). She had a new church built and gave the remainder of the priory to the Franciscan Poor Clares. At the Dissolution, the Abbess's lodge was retained as a farmhouse, and the Refectory as a barn, but the nave was demolished. The site remained a farm until leased to the Minstry of Work in 1947. In 1997 it became the site of a farming museum. The site is within the council area of South Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire).
Historic England Grade I Listed 1127360.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Cambridgeshire
Lat, Long: 52.293506,0.18661711
Grid Reference: TL 4922 6840
Civil Parish: Waterbeach CP
Council Area: South Cambridgeshire CA (Cambridgeshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SA
Police Area: Cambridgeshire PA

GBPN ID: 301301
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Denny_Abbey,_Cambridgeshire_301301

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