Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England. The monastery was founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, lord of Tattershall, and was originally colonised by an abbot and twelve monks from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire.

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Ruin
Description: Grade I listed building in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Kirkstead Abbey (ruins)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Leonard’s Without and Abbey Lodge Inn.

St Leonard’s Without

Church

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The church of St Leonard's Without is a small chapel built between 1230 and 1240 in the parish of Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, close to Woodhall Spa. The chapel lies close to the now-ruined Kirkstead Abbey founded in 1139. St Leonard’s Without is situated 930 feet south of Kirkstead Abbey.

Abbey Lodge Inn

Pub

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbey Lodge Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Kirkstead Abbey.

Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum

Museum

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The Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum also known as Woodhall Spa. is a community museum managed by volunteers, and located on Iddesleigh Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England. Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Kirkstead Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkstead and Tattershall.

Kirkstead

Hamlet

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Kirkstead is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Woodhall Spa, in the East Lindsey district, in Lincolnshire, England, on the River Witham.

Tattershall

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Tattershall is in Lincolnshire. Village historic sites include the church of the Holy Trinity, a buttercross, Tattershall Castle, Collegiate College, and Tom Thumb's house and grave.

Stixwould

Village

Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stixwould is a small village in the civil parish of Stixwould and Woodhall, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Stixwould is situated 3 miles north of Kirkstead Abbey.

Kirkstead Abbey

Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Woodhall Spa, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.13867° or 53° 8′ 19″ north

Longitude

-0.22359° or 0° 13′ 25″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

9C5X4QQG+FH

GeoNames ID

11550043

Wikidata ID

Q1293952

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Kirkstead Abbey” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Abadia de Kirkstead”
Dutch: “Kirkstead Abbey”
French: “abbaye de Kirkstead”
French: “Abbaye de Kirkstead”
German: “Kirkstead Abbey”
Turkish: “Kirkstead Abbey”

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