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Calder Abbey

Memorials : 0
Location : Copeland Borough, England
Coordinate : 54.4441670, -3.4661110
Description : Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near to the village of Calderbridge. At the Dissolution Henry VIII gave the abbey to Sir Thomas Leigh, who pulled off the roof and sold it and anything else he could and reduced the church to a ruin. Ownership passed through many secular hands, in which it still remains. Much of the cloister buildings remain either incorporated into Calder Abbey House, now a largely early-nineteenth century... Read More

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  • Where is Calder Abbey?

    Calder Abbey is located at Calderbridge Copeland Borough ,Cumbria ,England.

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    Latitude: 54.4441670
    Longitude: -3.4661110

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