Sawtry 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: Ruins
- Description: former monastery in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sawtry Abbey Site”
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 4,100 feet east of Sawtry 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 Sawtry Abbey.
Woodwalton Marsh
Nature reserve
Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodwalton Marsh is a 0.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Woodwalton in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
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 Sawtry 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 northwest of Sawtry 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 Sawtry Abbey.
Sawtry Abbey
- Categories: abbey, historic site, and meadow
- Location: Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.42757° or 52° 25′ 39″ northLongitude
-0.24112° or 0° 14′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C4XCQH5+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 321349877OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadowWikidata ID
Q2228362
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Sawtry Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Sawtry”
- French: “Abbaye de Sawtry”
- German: “Sawtry Abbey”
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