Monastery information | |
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Full name | Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Old Warden |
Other names | Warden Abbey |
Order | Cistercian |
Established | 1135 |
Disestablished | 1537 |
Site | |
Location | Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England |
Coordinates | 52°04′53″N 0°21′48″W / 52.081389°N 0.363333°W |
Wardon or Warden Abbey, Bedfordshire, was one of the senior Cistercian houses of England, founded about 1135 from Rievaulx Abbey.[1][2] It is a Grade I listed building.