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.

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

Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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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Latitude

52.42765° or 52° 25′ 40″ north

Longitude

-0.24045° or 0° 14′ 26″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

9C4XCQH5+3R

GeoNames ID

11594096

Wikidata ID

Q2228362

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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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