Cockersand Abbey
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The chapter house
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| Location | Thurnham, Lancashire |
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| Official name: Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey | |
| Designated | 13 January 1915 [1] |
| Reference no. | 1018919 |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Official name: The Chapter House, Cockersand Abbey | |
| Designated | 2 May 1968 [2] |
| Reference no. | 1362525 |
 Location of Cockersand Abbey in the City of Lancaster district
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Cockersand Abbey is a former abbey near Cockerham in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. It was founded before 1184 as the Hospital of St Mary on the marsh belonging to Leicester Abbey. It was refounded by the Cambro-Norman magnate, Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler as a Premonstratensian priory. It was subsequently elevated to an abbey in 1192. It also continued as a hospital.[3]
The abbey was dissolved in 1539 and acquired by a John Kitchen. The site is now adjacent to a farm house and the only significant relic is the still intact, vaulted chapter house which was built in 1230 and used as a family mausoleum by the Daltons of Thurnham Hall during the 18th and 19th centuries.[4] There are some scrappy remains of the church adjacent. A tradition that the medieval choir stalls in the nearby Lancaster Priory originated from here has been discredited.[citation needed]
The chapter house is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. In 2007 English Heritage made an £80,000 grant to the owner to help preserve the building.[4] The chapter house is open to the public on special occasions such as Heritage Open Days.
Two Roman silver statuettes were discovered on Cockersand Moss near the abbey site in 1718, possibly indicating the presence of a Romano-British shrine nearby.[5]
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Cockersand Abbey.JPG
Engraving of the chapter house at Cockersand Abbey
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Coastal Path at Cockersand Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1188065.jpg
The Lancashire Coastal Way passes the site of the abbey
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Ruins at Cockersand Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1188056.jpg
Surviving fragment of a wall
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
- Listed buildings in Thurnham, Lancashire
- List of monastic houses in Lancashire
- Abbeys and priories in England
References
Footnotes
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Farrer & Brownbill (1908), pp. 154-9
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- ↑ Cockersand Moss, Roman Britain.org.
Sources
- Anthony New. A Guide to the Abbeys of England And Wales, pp. 116–117. Constable.
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