RETURN TO ALNWICK The account of the excavation of Alnwick Abbey begins with the discovery of a medieval grave slab during drainage works. The Alnwick Mercury of 12 July 1884 reports: ‘At the last monthly meeting of the Newcastle Society
ALNWICK ABBEY : Post-Dissolution
RETURN TO ALNWICK Tanner, writing in 1744 comments: The site of this house was granted, 4 Ed. 6. to Ralph Sadler and Laur. Winnington. Tate (pp.34-6) puts the date of this sale as 15 December 1550 and says it was
ALNWICK ABBEY : Monastic History
RETURN TO ALNWICK ORIGINS & FOUNDATION Alnwick Abbey was founded in 1147, by Eustace Fitz John, who endowed it for Premonstratensian canons, and dedicated it to St Mary and St James. Eustace was the fourth Constable of Chester and married
ALNWICK ABBEY : Bibliography
RETURN TO ALNWICK NO PREMONSTRATENSIAN CARTULARY KNOWN (5 charters given in Dugdale) Colvin, H, 1951, The White Canons, Clarendon, Oxford. pp.53-56. Dugdale, W., et al, (1830 edition), Monasticon Anglicanum, Vol 6, pp. 867-8 Gasquet, F. A., 1906, Collectanea Anglo-Premonstratensia Vol
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ALNWICK ABBEY SUMMARY and LOCATION: NGR: NU 17860 14069 Alnwick Abbey, in Northumberland, lay on the north bank of the river Aln about a mile above the town. It was founded by Eustace Fitz-John, sheriff of Northumberland, in 1147. It