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   Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery. Although generally regarded as having been founded in the 11th century, it had a precursor mentioned in the early 8th century. It was centred on what is now Bermondsey Square, the site of Bermondsey Market, Bermondsey, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast London, England. Foundation.

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3. onthetudortrail.com › Blog › 2013/10/20Elizabeth Woodville’s Move to Bermondsey Abbey

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   Oct 20, 2013 · Within a few months, she moved to Bermondsey Abbey, a Cluniac monastery on the banks of the Thames. Elizabeth’s removal coincided with, and has often been linked to, a conspiracy against Henry VII which had been building since the previous autumn.

4. localhistories.org › a-history-of-bermondseyA History of Bermondsey - Local Histories

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   Mar 14, 2021 · In the Middle Ages, a Cluniac Abbey stood in the heart of the settlement. It was founded in 1089 by a merchant called Aylwin Child. (At first, it was a priory but it later became an abbey).

5. stmarysbermondsey.org.uk › origins-and-the-abbeyOrigins and the Abbey - St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey

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   Learn about the history of Bermondsey Abbey, a medieval monastery and later an abbey, that was founded in the 8th century and dissolved in 1537. Discover how the abbey influenced the name and the area of Bermondsey, and see some of its surviving features in the church.

6. bermondseystreet.london › remains-of-medievalRemains of medieval Bermondsey Abbey Gatehouse revealed

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   Oct 8, 2024 · It is well documented that between William the Conqueror in the 11 th century and Henry VIIIth in the 16 th century, there was an important church priory and then Abbey around Bermondsey Square. Henry VIII closed these Catholic religious houses in the 1520s and by the 1540s, the buildings were being sold to courtiers and used for other purposes.

7. www.york.ac.uk › media › borthwickTHE ARCHIVE OF BERMONDSEY ABBEY - University of York

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   How the English Monastic Archives Project reconstructed the scattered archive of Bermondsey Abbey, a Cluniac foundation in Surrey, using a database. The article traces the history and sources of the abbey, from its foundation in the eleventh century to its dissolution in the sixteenth century.

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   When was Bermondsey Abbey founded?

   • Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery. Although generally regarded as having been founded in the 11th century, it had a precursor mentioned in the early 8th century. It was centred on what is now Bermondsey Square, the site of Bermondsey Market, Bermondsey, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast London, England.

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   Did Bermondsey have a monastery?

   • A monastery is known to have existed at Bermondsey before 715 AD, when it was a Surrey colony of the important Mercian monastery of Medeshamstede, later known as Peterborough. Though surviving only in a copy written at Peterborough in the 12th century, a letter of Pope Constantine (708–715) grants privileges to a monastery at Vermundesei.

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   Why did Queen Elizabeth move to Bermondsey Abbey?

   • Within a few months, she moved to Bermondsey Abbey, a Cluniac monastery on the banks of the Thames. Elizabeth’s removal coincided with, and has often been linked to, a conspiracy against Henry VII which had been building since the previous autumn.

   Elizabeth Woodville’s Move to Bermondsey Abbey - On the Tudor Trail

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   Where can I see historic buildings in Bermondsey?

   • Grange Walk Historic Buildings: Through Bermondsey Square and cross Tower Bridge Road to Grange Walk to see a row of historic houses. House numbers 5, 6, and 7 are part of one side of the Bermondsey Abbey medieval stone gatehouse. Look out for the small gatehouse sign. Walk past a row of pretty terraced cottages.

   Wonderful Historical Bermondsey London Walk

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   Who built the monastery of Bermondsey?

   • This is known by the existence of a letter from Pope Constantine to Hedda, Abbot of Bermondsey between AD 708 and 715. The land of this monastery passed to William the Conqueror in 1066, and he gave it to Aylwin Childe, a wealthy Saxon merchant. The building at that time is mentioned in the Domesday Book as “a new and handsome church”.

   Origins and the Abbey | St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey

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   How did Bermondsey get its name?

   • Bermondsey takes its name from a Saxon landowner. It was Beormund’s eg. The word eg meant an island, a promontory of land or in this case an ‘island’ of dry land surrounded by marsh. In the Middle Ages, a Cluniac Abbey stood in the heart of the settlement. It was founded in 1089 by a merchant called Aylwin Child.

   A History of Bermondsey - Local Histories

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9. homegirllondon.com › wonderful-historicalWonderful Historical Bermondsey London Walk

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