Newminster Abbey

Daughter monasteries

Pipewell Abbey ( 1143 ) Roche Abbey ( 1147 ) Sawley Abbey ( 1147 )

Newminster Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in England. The monastery was around 1 km west of Morpeth in the county of Northumberland, near the street B 6343 by Cambo.

History

The abbey was in 1138, founded by Ranulf de Merlay, Lord of Morpeth. It was the second daughter house of Fountains Abbey, which itself comes from the filiation of Clairvaux Abbey Primary. The first abbot was Robert of Newminster (St. Robert † June 7, 1159 ) from Fountains. He stood in front of the monastery from 1138 to 1159. The first buildings to have been destroyed after one year of the Scots. In 1180 the abbey was rebuilt. Newminster Abbey founded himself in 1143, the daughter monastery Pipewell Abbey in Northamptonshire as well as in 1147 Roche Abbey in South Yorkshire and Sawley Abbey in West Yorkshire. The abbey was one of the largest Cistercian monasteries in northern England. The possessions of the monastery extended up to the Scottish border. At the abbey belonged in the late 13th century, two hospitals in Mitford and Allerburn. 1536 income is estimated at 265 pounds. The monastery was drafted in 1537 against the resistance of the monks of the crown and given to Henry Grey. From the end of the 16th century, the plant was largely discontinued. The site is now owned by the Errington family. 1963 and 1965 excavations took place. The ruins are accessible.

Plant and buildings

The Church in the form of a Latin cross had a nave with nine yokes and two aisles, a transept with three chapels on the East Side and a rectangular choir. South of the church were the convent building with a neunjochigen chapter house with four pillars, which was enlarged in the 13th century. The cloister was founded in 1924 partially re-erected. Only little remains of the church.