Stratford Langthorne Abbey

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Stratford Long Thorne Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in England. The monastery was in Greater London ( Essex ) approximately 1/2 km south-west of the church of West Ham, at a branch of the River Lea, the Abbey Creek.

History

The abbey was founded in 1135 by William de Mountfichet as a daughter house of Savigny Abbey. It belonged after connecting the Congregation of Savigny in 1147 of filiation primary Clairvaux Abbey. 1538 was withdrawn by the Crown. The facilities of the monastery belonged to the manor of West Ham. In 1309 it was also the church of East Ham. From the Abbey of Barking, the monastery received various lands, from which resulted in various lawsuits. The monastery came quite early to prosperity and influence. Under the peasant revolt in 1381, the monastery had to suffer. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus it is rated 511 pounds a year, so it escaped the first wave of the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. The confiscation by the Crown was, however, already 1538. The monastery was granted to Sir Peter Mewtas who let it expire. By the end of the 18th century, all the remains were gone.

Plant and buildings

From the Abbey nothing is received. The terrain is largely under a railway system (Jubilee Line). Excavations were carried out around 1970; Archaeological finds can be found in Newham Heritage Service in London. The parish of West Ham holds, inter alia, a stone relief.