Dieulacres Abbey

Former Dieulacres Abbey: one of the four pillars of the belfry located above the transept crossing. Photo taken looking east.

Dieulacres Abbey was a Cistercian monastery established by Ranulf, Earl of Chester at Poulton in Cheshire. It moved to the present site at Abbey Green near Leek, Staffordshire in 1214, possibly in part as a result from raids at the former site by Welsh marauders.