Everything about Egglestone Abbey totally explained
Egglestone Abbey is an abandoned
Premonstratensian Abbey on the eastern bank of the
River Tees, 1½ miles (2.5km) south-east of
Barnard Castle in
County Durham,
England, at . Historically part of the
North Riding of Yorkshire.
The site buildings are protected as a
Scheduled Ancient Monument and they're maintained by
English Heritage, Admission is free, and the opening Hours are 10am - 6pm.
The Abbey was founded in the late
12th century at some point between 1168 and 1198. The founders were the Premonstratensians who wore a white habit and became known as the
White Canons. The followed a code of austerity similar to that of
Cistercian monks, unlike monks of other orders, they were exempt from the strict
Episcopal discipline. They undertook preaching and pastoral work in the region (such as distributing meat and drink).
They chose the site for the abbey was chosen because of its isolation, close proximity to a river and the supply of local stone for its construction.
In common with many of the early monasteries, the original church at Egglestone Abbey was enlarged, and partly rebuilt, about one hundred years later, it's this later church that survives today.
The abbey was always poor and at times had difficulty maintaining the required number of canons (twelve - from the twelve Apostles).
Egglestone Abbey was to suffer at the hands of Scottish invaders and the rowdy English army who were billeted there in 1346 on their way to the
Battle of Neville's Cross.
The Abbey was
dissolved in 1540 by king
Henry VIII, the lands were granted to Robert Strelly in 1548, who converted some of the buildings into a great private house that was abandoned in the mid-
19th century.
Eventually, much of the abbey was pulled down and some of the stonework was used to pave the stable yard at the nearby
Rokeby Hall in the 19th century.
Other Premonstratensian Abbeys include;
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