Monastery information | |
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Full name | Calder Abbey |
Order | Savigniac, then Cistercian |
Established | 1135 |
Disestablished | 1536 |
Mother house | Furness Abbey |
Diocese | York |
People | |
Founder(s) | Ranulf de Gernon |
Site | |
Location | Calderbridge, Cumbria, England |
Visible remains | One nave arcade , base of tower, east cloister range, monk's bridge. |
Public access | No |
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.