Biddlesden Abbey
Biddlesden was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1147 by Ernald de Bosco, steward to the Earl of Leicester. The first monks came from the earl's own foundation at Garendon.Photo: AndrewNJ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: abbey
- Also known as: “Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turweston and Church of St John the Evangelist.
Turweston
Aerodrome
Photo: Duncan Lilly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turweston Aerodrome is an airfield located near the village of Turweston, in north Buckinghamshire, England, near the Northamptonshire border. It is a former Royal Air Force Second World War bomber training facility, now a business park and airfield which is home to the Light Aircraft Association.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1½ miles west of Biddlesden Abbey.
Stratton Arms
Pub
Photo: Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stratton Arms is a pub, which is situated 2½ miles southwest of Biddlesden Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Syresham and Whitfield.
Syresham
Village
Syresham is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 855. It is near Brackley town and close to Silverstone Circuit.
Whitfield
Village
Photo: Snidge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitfield is a village and parish in the south-west of the English county of Northamptonshire in the valley of the River Great Ouse which forms the border with Buckinghamshire.
Dadford
Village
Dadford is a hamlet in the parish of Stowe, north Buckinghamshire, England. The hamlet is named Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning, Dodda's Ford in modern English. Dadford is situated 2½ miles southeast of Biddlesden Abbey.
Biddlesden Abbey
- Categories: abbey, destroyed building or structure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Biddlesden, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Biddlesden Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Biddlesden Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Biddlesden”
- French: “Abbaye de Biddlesden”
- German: “Biddlesden Abbey”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Biddlesden and Wood Green.
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