Louth Park Abbey

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Louth Park Abbey ( Parcum Ludae ) is a former Cistercian abbey approximately 2.5 km north-east of Louth in Lincolnshire in England near the road to the North and South Cockerington.

History

The monastery was founded in 1137 on the island Haverholme by Bishop Alexander of Lincoln, but layed out in 1139 in the deer park of the Bishop in Louth. It was a daughter house of Fountains Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux. The abbey received significant foundations, among others, of Ranulf, Earl of Chester, Hugh and Lambert de Scotney and Hugh of Bayeux. In the 13th century it is said to have counted 66 monks and 150 converse. However, in the middle of the 14th century began a decline from which the Abbey could not recover. 1535 was, according to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the annual income of 147 pounds and the number of monks amounted nurmehr to eleven. 1536, the monastery was dissolved and a monk was executed as a traitor for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace.

Buildings and plant

Received from the Abbey are only a few remnants of walls which belonged to the presbytery of the church, and terrain irregularities. The plan of the plant was excavated in 1873. Located in the North Church had a three-aisle nave to ten yokes, a transept with three rectangular chapels on the east side and one just closed main choir. Exam and cloister were south (right) of the church and were regularly formed. The abbey had a sophisticated irrigation system with the Monks ' Dyke approximately 200 m south of the church, the spring water from Louth zuführte.