Swineshead Abbey
Swineshead Abbey was an abbey in Swineshead, Lincolnshire. The Abbey of St Mary, a Cistercian monastery, was founded in 1134 by Robert de Gresley. Gresley and his son, Albert, endowed the Abbey with 240 acres of land and other gifts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: former abbey in Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Abbey of St Mary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Christ Church.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 4,100 feet west of Swineshead Abbey.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Swineshead Abbey.
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Pub
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wheatsheaf Hotel is a pub, which is situated 4,000 feet west of Swineshead Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirton Holme and Kirton End.
Kirton Holme
Hamlet
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirton Holme is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated within Kirton civil parish, and approximately 4 miles west from the town of Boston. Kirton Holme church, Christ Church, is part of the Brothertoft Group also known as 'Five in the Fen', which also includes: The village County Primary School was erected in 1879 after the formation of the Kirton School Board, but closed in 1968.
Kirton End
Hamlet
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirton End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirton in the Boston district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the B1391 road, 4 miles south-west from Boston, and 1.5 miles north-east from Kirton. Kirton End is situated 2½ miles east of Swineshead Abbey.
Kirton
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirton or Kirton in Holland is a historic market town and civil parish in the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,371. Kirton is situated 4 miles east of Swineshead Abbey.
Swineshead Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Swineshead, Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Swineshead Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Swineshead”
- French: “Abbaye de Swineshead”
- German: “Swineshead Abbey”
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