Bardney Abbey

Bardney Abbey in , , was a Benedictine monastery founded in 697 by King Æthelred of Mercia, who was to become the first abbot. The monastery was supposedly destroyed during a Danish raid in 869.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: abbey in Bardney, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bardney Abbey: Remains of a Benedictine Monastery, Fishponds, Post-Medieval House, and Formal Gardens”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Lawrence’s Church, Bardney and Southrey Wood.

Church
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St Lawrence's Church is the parish church of in , England. It is one of the oldest buildings in the village and the only one with Grade I listed status. is situated 1 mile southeast of Bardney Abbey.

Forest
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is reserve near in the county of , England. Butterfly Conservation manages this reserve. It is 22 acres in extent. The woodland forms part of the Bardney Limewoods National Nature Reserve. is situated 2 miles southeast of Bardney Abbey.

Monastery
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was a Benedictine nunnery at in the North of , , between and . The priory of St Mary at Stainfield was the only nunnery of the Benedictine order in Lincolnshire. is situated 1½ miles north of Bardney Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bardney and Stainfield.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of , England. The population of the civil parish was 1,643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1,848 at the 2011 census.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish about 10 miles east of the city of Lincoln, in the West Lindsey district of , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 189. is situated 1½ miles north of Bardney Abbey.

Locality
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was a Premonstratensian abbey close to the some 10.5 miles east of the city of Lincoln, England and one of nine such abbeys within the historical county. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bardney Abbey.

Bardney Abbey

Latitude
53.22041° or 53° 13′ 14″ north
Longitude
-0.33343° or 0° 20′ 0″ west
Operator
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology
Open location code
9C5X6MC8+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 153402782
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q4860175
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Bardney Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Bardney”
  • French: “abbaye de Bardney”
  • French: “Abbaye de Bardney”
  • German: “Bardney Abbey”
  • Indonesian: “Keabasan Bardney”
  • Indonesian: “Keabbasan Bardney”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Bardney”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Бардни”
  • Russian: “Бардни”
  • Swedish: “Bardney kloster”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include King’s Hill barrow and Snakeholme Pit Nature Reserve.

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