Ramsey Abbey

Ramsey Abbey
LocationRamsey, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates52°26′54″N 0°06′03″W / 52.44833°N 0.10083°W / 52.44833; -0.10083
AreaHuntingdonshire
Founded969
Built10th–16th centuries
Demolished1537
Official nameRamsey Abbey (remains of)
Reference no.1006838
Ramsey Abbey is located in Cambridgeshire
Ramsey Abbey
Location of Ramsey Abbey in Cambridgeshire

Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England. It was founded about AD 969 and dissolved in 1539.

The site of the abbey in Ramsey is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1] Most of the abbey's buildings were demolished after the dissolution but surviving structures are Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings. Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse is in the care of the National Trust and the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey was one of the buildings of the abbey.

  1. ^ Historic England. "Ramsey Abbey (remains of) (1006838)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 June 2017.