Thame Abbey

Thame Abbey was a Cistercian abbey at Thame in the English county of Oxfordshire. Thame Abbey was founded in 1137 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. It was dissolved in 1539.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thame Community Hospital and Thame Town Hall.

Thame Community Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thame Community Hospital is situated 1¼ miles north of Thame Abbey.

Thame Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thame Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Thame Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Thame Town Hall is situated 1½ miles northwest of Thame Abbey.

Thame Museum

Museum

Thame Museum is a local museum located in the High Street of the town of Thame in Oxfordshire, England. The museum has a number of nationally important Tudor wall paintings, housed in their own room. Thame Museum is situated 1½ miles northwest of Thame Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moreton and Sydenham.

Moreton

Hamlet

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moreton is a hamlet 1 mile southwest of Thame in Oxfordshire, England.

Sydenham

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sydenham is a village and civil parish about 3 miles southeast of Thame in Oxfordshire. To the south the parish is bounded by the ancient Lower Icknield Way, and on its other sides largely by brooks that merge as Cuttle Brook, a tributary of the River Thame.

Towersey

Village

Photo: Christina Burford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Towersey is a village and civil parish about 1+1⁄2 miles east of Thame in Oxfordshire. Towersey was part of Buckinghamshire until 1933, when the county boundary was moved and Towersey was exchanged for Kingsey.

Thame Abbey

Type: Historical site
Description: Cistercian abbey in Oxfordshire, England
Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Thame, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.72788° or 51° 43′ 40″ north

Longitude

-0.96368° or 0° 57′ 49″ west

Elevation

262 feet (80 metres)

Open location code

9C3XP2HP+5G

GeoNames ID

11748281

Wikidata ID

Q2408919

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Thame Abbey” goes by many names.

French: “abbaye de Thame”
French: “Abbaye de Thame”
German: “Thame Abbey”

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