Calder Abbey

Calder Abbey
Calder Abbey today
Monastery information
Full nameCalder Abbey
OrderSavigniac, then Cistercian
Established1135
Disestablished1536
Mother houseFurness Abbey
DioceseYork
People
Founder(s)Ranulf de Gernon
Site
LocationCalderbridge,
Cumbria,
England
Visible remainsOne nave arcade , base of tower, east cloister range, monk's bridge.
Public accessNo
Calder Abbey from the air, with north at left

Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge.

Sketch map of the layout of Calder Abbey, Cumbria.