Meaux Abbey

Daughter monasteries

No

Meaux Abbey ( Melsa ) is a former Cistercian abbey in Beverley in shallow and wet terrain around twelve kilometers north of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The monastery was around 200 meters west of the road from Wawne by Routh.

History

The monastery was founded in 1151 by William le Gros, Count of Aumale, donated as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux. The abbey owned the land of Wyke, the King Edward I. ankaufte for the construction of the city of Hull. The monastery, which was going through a turbulent history, was dissolved in 1539, leaving Lancelot Alford. The site has already served in 1542 as a quarry for the royal fortress of Hull. Today it is owned by the Chamberlain Trust.

Buildings and plant

Get out of earth dams is only a " cottage" was, perhaps, part of a mill. The floor plan is made ​​famous by aerial photography.