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Revesby Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery and later country house at Revesby, Lincolnshire, in the Parts of Lindsey. The abbey was founded in 1143 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, and the first monks came from Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. It was dissolved in 1539. Nothing of the abbey is visible today. Excavations undertaken in 1869 located the abbey church and cloister. Craven Howard (d.1700) built a new residential house at the former abbey, although not on top of the former monastic remains. The grounds were extensively landscaped in the mid-18th century. In the late 18th century the house was home to the botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour. In 1845, the house was demolished and completely rebuilt in Jacobean style by William Burns for James Banks Stanhope. The house and grounds are within the council area of East Lindsey (Lincolnshire).
Historic England Grade I Listed 1288157.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Lincolnshire
Division of County: Parts of Lindsey
Lat, Long: 53.143275,-0.047050147
Grid Reference: TF 3072 6246
Civil Parish: Revesby CP
Council Area: East Lindsey CA (Lincolnshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Greater Lincolnshire SA
Police Area: Lincolnshire PA

GBPN ID: 319878
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Revesby_Abbey,_Lincolnshire_319878

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