Rewley Abbey

The Cistercian Abbey of Rewley was an abbey in Oxford, England. It was founded in the 13th century by Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall. Edmund's father, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, founder of Hailes Abbey, had intended to establish a college or chantry of three secular priests to pray for his soul, but his son Edmund substituted 'six Cistercian monks, having more confidence in them'.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Worcester College and Oxford Railway Station.

Worcester College

University

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Worcester College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was adopted by the college. Worcester College is situated 520 feet northeast of Rewley Abbey.

Oxford Railway Station

Railway station

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Oxford is a main line railway station, one of two that serve the city of Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England. It lies about 0.5 miles west of the city centre, north-west of Frideswide Square and the eastern end of Botley Road. Oxford Railway Station is situated 540 feet southwest of Rewley Abbey.

Somerville College

University

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Somerville College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. Somerville College is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Rewley Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jericho and Oxford.

Jericho

Suburb

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Jericho is a historic suburb of the English city of Oxford. It consists of the streets bounded by the Oxford Canal, Worcester College, Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Oxford

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Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Grandpont

Quarter

Grandpont is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Rewley Abbey

Type: Historical site
Description: abbey in Oxford, England
Categories: abbey, college of the University of Oxford, university building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.75424° or 51° 45′ 15″ north

Longitude

-1.26792° or 1° 16′ 5″ west

Elevation

200 feet (61 metres)

Open location code

9C3WQP3J+MR

GeoNames ID

11594092

Wikidata ID

Q2147035

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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Rewley Abbey” goes by many names.

French: “abbaye de Rewley”
French: “Abbaye de Rewley”
German: “Rewley Abbey”
Irish: “Mainistir Rewley, Oxford”
Irish: “Mainistir Rewley”
Russian: “Аббатство Роули”

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