Monastery information | |
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Order | Premonstratensian |
Established | 1147 |
Disestablished | 1539 |
Mother house | St Mary and St. Martial at Newsham |
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Founder(s) | Eustace fitz John |
Site | |
Location | Alnwick |
Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. It was dissolved in 1535, refounded in 1536 and finally suppressed in 1539. The Alnwick Abbey site is located just within Hulne Park, on the bank of the River Aln. The only visible remnant is the impressive 14th-century gatehouse, a Grade I listed building.