Kingswood Abbey

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Kingswood Abbey ( Kingeswoda ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Kingswood, about 1 km southwest of Wotton -under-Edge in Gloucestershire in England (not to be confused with Kingswood, Bristol, South Gloucestershire ).

History

The monastery was founded in 1139 by William of Berkeley as a daughter house of Tintern Abbey, and thus belonged to the filiation of Citeaux. After the monastery of King Stephen had been taken in the civil war in fitting, it was moved to 1147 after Hazelton at Rodmarton, but soon was the relocation to Kingwood; However, some of the monks remained in Hazelton, and part went to Tetbury. 1164 was the monastery a more suitable location in Kingwood and was repopulated by Waverley Abbey. The monastery was one of the most important wool producers in the UK. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535, the annual income of the monastery was estimated at 232 pounds. The dissolution took place only with the larger monasteries in 1538. The monastic estates was Sir John Tynne.

Buildings and plant

Get is only the gatehouse of the 15th century, one of the last medieval monastery buildings, which already carries Renaissance trains and is managed by English Heritage. About the other monastery almost nothing is known.