Marham Abbey
Marham Abbey was situated in the village of Marham, southeast of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. It was founded by Isabel, Countess of Arundel, in 1249 as a monastery for Cistercian nuns and dedicated to St Mary, St Barbara and St Edmund.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: former Cistercian nunnery in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Marham Priory” and “Remains Of Abbey Of Ss Mary Barbara And Edmund”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity and Marham Airfield.
Church of Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Holy Trinity is situated 410 feet southeast of Marham Abbey.
Marham Airfield
Aerodrome
RAF Marham is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Marham in the county of Norfolk, East Anglia, south of King's Lynn and Boston, west of Norwich.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1½ miles west of Marham Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shouldham and Narborough Bone Mill.
Shouldham
Village
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Shouldham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 16.04 km2 and had a population of 608 in 246 households at the 2001 census, the population reducing slightly to 605 at the 2011 census. Shouldham is situated 2 miles west of Marham Abbey.
Narborough Bone Mill
Locality
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narborough Bone Mill was a watermill that operated on the River Nar in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The watermill was 1 mile downstream of the village of Narborough. Narborough Bone Mill is situated 2½ miles northeast of Marham Abbey.
Pentney
Village
Photo: PentneySam, Public domain.
Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about 8 miles south east of King's Lynn, placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road. Pentney is situated 2½ miles northeast of Marham Abbey.
Marham Abbey
- Categories: Cistercian nunnery, monastery ruins, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Marham, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Marham Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Marham Abbey”
- French: “Abbaie de Marham”
- German: “Zisterzienserinnenabtei Marham”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Marham”
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