Memorials : 1
Location : Shepshed, Charnwood Borough, England
Coordinate : 52.7711000, 1.2951000
Description : Garendon Abbey was founded in 1133 by Robert, Earl of Leicester. It was in all probability a daughter house of Waverley, the earliest Cistercian monastery to be established in England.The founder endowed the abbey with 5 carucates and 3 virgates of land at Garendon, a burgage tenement at Leicester, and other lands at Dishley, Shepshed, and Ringolthorp. During the 12th century various benefactors granted to the abbey lands at Eastwell, (fn. 4) Ibstock, Welby, Burton on the Wolds,and Stanton under Bardon, in Leicestershire, at Costock (Notts.), and at Heathcote (Derbys.). The wild country of Charnwood Forest, in which... Read More

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  • Where is Garendon Abbey?

    Garendon Abbey is located at Shepshed, Charnwood Borough ,Leicestershire ,England.

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    1 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Garendon Abbey?

    Latitude: 52.7711000
    Longitude: 1.2951000

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