Shrewsbury Abbey

Shrewsbury Abbey

:"For the railway station, see Shrewsbury Abbey (railway station)"

The Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1083 by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery, in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

The Abbey is located to the east of the town centre, near to the English Bridge, surrounded by a triangular area which is today referred to as Abbey Foregate. A large amount of the monastery was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but a number of buildings, including the church were left intact. Thomas Telford built his A5 road through the remaining part of the Abbey and now only part of the original abbey church is still in existence, which is still used today as a place of worship. The old refectory pulpit is still visible across the road from the church and a single wall of an abbey building, now an integral part of another building, remains.

It is now famous for its prominent role in the "Cadfael" mysteries by Ellis Peters.

The road that passes the abbey is referred to as "Abbey Foregate", the area around which forms a suburb of the town of the same name. The suburb's development is largely residential, with some commercial and limited industrial development, much of the industry having left during a period of decline in the 20th century.

List of abbots of Shrewsbury

* Fulchred, c. 1087-x 1119
* Godfrey, x 1121-1128
* Herbert, 1128-1138
* Ranulf, x 1138-1147 x
* Robert, occurs 1150 × 1159-1168
* Adam, 1168 × 1173-1175
* Ralph, elected 1175-1186 × 1190
* Hugh de Lacy, fl. 1190 x 1220
* Walter, 1221-1223
* Henry, 1223-1244
* Adam, 1244-1250
* William, 1250-1251
* Henry, 1251-1258
* Thomas, 1259-1266
* William of Upton, 1266-1271
* Luke of Wenlock, 1272-1279
* John of Drayton, 1279-1292
* William of Muckley, 1292-1333
* Adam of Cleobury, 1333-1355
* Henry de Alston, 1355-1361
* Nicholas Stevens, 1361-1399
* Thomas Prestbury, 1399-1426
* John Hampton, 1426-1433
* Thomas Ludlow, 1433-1459
* Thomas Mynde, 1460-1498
* Richard Lye, 1498-1512
* Richard Baker, 1512-1528
* Thomas Butler, 1529-1540

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39921&strquery=Shrewsbury British History Online]
* [http://www.shrewsburyabbey.com Shrewsbury Abbey web page] .
* [http://www.shrewsburytourism.co.uk/shrewsbury-abbey/ Shrewsbury Abbey on Shrewsbury Tourism]
* [http://www.virtual-shropshire.co.uk/gallery/shrewsbury_abbey Images of Shrewsbury Abbey on Virtual-Shropshire]


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