Saltrey Abbey
Sawtry Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Sawtry and Woodwalton in Cambridgeshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1147 by Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Northampton, who was the grandson of Earl Waltheof and Judith, the niece of William the Conqueror who held the manor when the Domesday Survey was compiled.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Historical site
- Description: former monastery in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sawtrey Abbey” and “Sawtry Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Woodwalton and Woodwalton Castle.
St Andrew’s Church, Woodwalton
Church
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St Andrew's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position in fields about 2 kilometres to the north of the village of Woodwalton in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. St Andrew’s Church, Woodwalton is situated 4,000 feet east of Saltrey Abbey.
Woodwalton Castle
Archaeological site
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Woodwalton Castle was a small motte and bailey castle at Church End, the northern end of the parish of Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire. Located on a natural hillock, the earthworks of the castle still remain, with an outer moat enclosing a circular bailey with a central motte. Woodwalton Castle is situated 1 mile east of Saltrey Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodwalton and Sawtry.
Woodwalton
Village
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodwalton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, in Wood Walton civil parish. The village lies approximately 6 miles north of Huntingdon and just east of the A1. Woodwalton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Saltrey Abbey.
Sawtry
Village
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Sawtry is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Sawtry lies approximately 8 miles north of Huntingdon. Sawtry is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Sawtry is situated 2 miles west of Saltrey Abbey.
Coppingford
Hamlet
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Coppingford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Upton and Coppingford, in Cambridgeshire, England. Coppingford lies approximately 7 miles north-west of Huntingdon. Coppingford is situated 2½ miles southwest of Saltrey Abbey.
Saltrey Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Saltrey Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Sawtry”
- French: “Abbaye de Sawtry”
- German: “Sawtry Abbey”
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