St Benet's Abbey

St Benet's Abbey

St Benet's Abbey and wharf from the River Bure
Location within Norfolk
Monastery information
Other names	St Benet's Abbey, Holme
Order	Order of St Benedict
Established	9th century
Diocese	Norwich
People
Important associated figures	Saint Suneman; Saint Wulfric; Abbot Elsinus; Abbot Aelfwold; King Canute; John of Oxnead; Conrad, prior of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury; Hugh, abbot of Lagny; Sir John Fastolf; Bishop William Rugg
Site
Location	Norfolk, England
Coordinates	52°41′11″N 1°31′29″E / 52.6864°N 1.5247°E / 52.6864; 1.5247
Visible remains	gatehouse, lower walls of sanctuary and earthworks
Public access	yes
Other information	Property of Norfolk Archaeological Trust, Diocese of Norwich

St Benet's Abbey, also known as St Benet's at Holme or St Benet Hulme, was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict situated at Cow Holm in Horning, Norfolk, England. It lay on the River Bure within the Broads.^[1] St Benet is a medieval English version of the name of St Benedict of Nursia, hailed as the founder of western monasticism. At the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey's possessions were in effect seized by the crown and assigned to the diocese of Norwich. Though the monastery was supposed to continue as a community, within a few years at least the monks had dispersed. Today there remain only ruins.