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Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey in Yorkshire, in the North Riding. It is located just over a mile south-east of Barnard Castle on the south bank of the River Tees. The Abbey was established around 1195 by a group of Premonstratensian canons, who wore a white habit and became known as the White Canons, on land donated by Ralph de Multon. They chose the site for the abbey because of its isolation, close proximity to a river and the supply of local stone for its construction. They followed a code of austerity similar to that of Cistercian monks but unlike monks of other orders they were exempt from the strict Episcopal discipline. They undertook preaching and pastoral work in the region such as distributing meat and drink. It is within the council area of County Durham. More...
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1011642.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: North Riding
Lat, Long: 54.531602,-1.905659
Grid Reference: NZ 0620 1512
Civil Parish: Egglestone Abbey CP
Council Area: County Durham CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Durham PA
GBPN ID: 301704
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Egglestone_Abbey,_Yorkshire_301704
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In common with many early monasteries, the original church at Egglestone Abbey was enlarged, and partly rebuilt about one hundred years later. It is this later church that survives today. The abbey was always poor and at times had difficulty maintaining the required number of canons (twelve). Egglestone Abbey was also to suffer at the hands of Scottish invaders and the rowdy English army who were billeted there in 1346 on their way to the Battle of Neville's Cross outside Durham.
The Abbey was dissolved in 1540 by king Henry VIII and the lands granted in 1548 to Robert Strelley who converted some of the buildings into a great private house, which was abandoned in the mid-19th century. The abbey quickly fell into decay and eventually was pulled down, with the stone used for building nearby Rokeby Hall. Remains include much of the 13th-century church and a range of living quarters, with traces of their ingenious toilet drainage system.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1011642.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: North Riding
Lat, Long: 54.531602,-1.905659
Grid Reference: NZ 0620 1512
Civil Parish: Egglestone Abbey CP
Council Area: County Durham CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Durham PA
GBPN ID: 301704
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Egglestone_Abbey,_Yorkshire_301704
Peruse Yorkshire on WikishireIn common with many early monasteries, the original church at Egglestone Abbey was enlarged, and partly rebuilt about one hundred years later. It is this later church that survives today. The abbey was always poor and at times had difficulty maintaining the required number of canons (twelve). Egglestone Abbey was also to suffer at the hands of Scottish invaders and the rowdy English army who were billeted there in 1346 on their way to the Battle of Neville's Cross outside Durham.
The Abbey was dissolved in 1540 by king Henry VIII and the lands granted in 1548 to Robert Strelley who converted some of the buildings into a great private house, which was abandoned in the mid-19th century. The abbey quickly fell into decay and eventually was pulled down, with the stone used for building nearby Rokeby Hall. Remains include much of the 13th-century church and a range of living quarters, with traces of their ingenious toilet drainage system.