Alnwick Abbey
Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alnwick Castle and St Michael’s Church, Alnwick.
Alnwick Castle
Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.
Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman Conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. Alnwick Castle is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Alnwick Abbey.
St Michael’s Church, Alnwick
Church
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Michael's Church is an Anglican place of worship situated on Bailiffgate in the town of Alnwick in Northumberland, England. The current building dates from the 15th century but a 12th-century Norman chapel stood on the site prior to this; reports of an earlier 8th-century Saxon chapel are unconfirmed. St Michael’s Church, Alnwick is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Alnwick Abbey.
Alnwick Garden
Garden
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Alnwick Garden is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to Alnwick Castle in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland, England. The gardens have a long history under the dukes of Northumberland, but fell into disrepair until revived at the turn of the 21st century. Alnwick Garden is situated 1 mile southeast of Alnwick Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hulne Priory and Denwick.
Hulne Priory
Locality
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Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.
Denwick
Village
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denwick is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, located about 1.4 miles north-east of Alnwick. Denwick is situated 1½ miles east of Alnwick Abbey.
Bilton Banks
Locality
Bilton Banks was a village in Northumberland adjacent to the coal mines of Shilbottle and Longdyke. It was home to many miners’ families from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century, when the mines were finally closed and the houses condemned and demolished. Bilton Banks is situated 3 miles southeast of Alnwick Abbey.
Alnwick Abbey
- Type: Building
- Description: Premonstratensian monastery in Northumberland, England, UK
- Category: abbey
- Location: Alnwick, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.42026° or 55° 25′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.71941° or 1° 43′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C7WC7CJ+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 80262248OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4734070
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In Other Languages
From Danish to German—“Alnwick Abbey” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Alnwick Abbey”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Alnwick”
- German: “Alnwick Abbey”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alnwick Abbey”. Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.