Croxden Abbey

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Croxden Abbey ( Val- Ste.- Marie, Vale of St. Mary) is a former Cistercian abbey and in England. The monastery is located in Croxden, about 7 km northwest of Uttoxeter, in Staffordshire.

History

The abbey was in 1176 by ​​Bertram de Verdun, as a daughter house of the monastery Aulnay ( Aunay ) in Normandy, which had joined with the Congregation of Savigny in 1147 the Cistercian order and the filiation of primary Clairvaux Abbey belonged, first established in Cottonwood, but already three years later moved to Croxden. The founding convention came from France, during the first abbot, Thomas, an Englishman was. The construction went on for about 50 years; The church was consecrated in 1253. The abbey, which probably numbered no more than twelve monks lived much of the sheep. During the 14th century were difficulties with the successors of its founding family. Towards the end of the 14th century were also economic difficulties, so that the number of monks dropped to six. 1535, the annual income of the abbey was valued at 103 pounds. The confiscation by the Crown took place in 1538. Today the ruins are looked after by English Heritage.

Plant and buildings

The remains of the plant are between modern agricultural buildings. The plan of the monastery was derived from that of the parent company and was more developed than in the English monasteries is often the case. The church had a choir with five of an ambulatory outgoing semi-circular chapels ( like in Hailes Abbey ) and a three-aisle nave to eight yokes. Get the Western Front with a Gothic gate with five Archivolts and three slender lancet windows, parts of the crossing, especially of the southern transept, fragments of the cloister and the three-aisled chapter house. Due to the ruined church today is a road. The exam is on the right ( south ) of the church. A single standing abbot's house from the 14th century has been preserved in the southeast.