Monument record MLI51139 - SITE OF A PRE-CONQUEST MONASTERY AT BARDNEY
Summary
SITE OF A PRE-CONQUEST MONASTERY AT BARDNEY
Type and Period (3)
- ABBEY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 700 AD to 1065 AD)
- MONASTERY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 700 AD to 1065 AD)
- RELIGIOUS HOUSE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 700 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A PRE-CONQUEST MONASTERY AT BARDNEY, FOUNDED BEFORE 697 AD BY ETHELRED OF MERCIA AND HIS WIFE OSTHRYD, IS DOCUMENTED BY BEDE AND IN THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE. IN c704 ETHELRED IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE RETIRED TO BARDNEY, EVENTUALLY BECOMING ABBOT. POSSIBLY DESTROYED c870, THE SITE IS MENTIONED AS DESOLATE IN c909 OR 910. THE ABBEY WAS REFOUNDED IN c1087 BY GILBERT DE GANT ON WHAT WAS CLAIMED TO BE THE EARLIER MONASTIC SITE. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
SEE STOCKER 1993 FOR A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE SITING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON MONASTERY. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI400 Article in Serial: THOMPSON, A.H.. 1913. Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. VOL 32 pp35-8.
- <2> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.
- <3> SLI1104 Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. VOL 2 p97.
- <4> SLI1089 Bibliographic Reference: D. Knowles and R.N. Hadcock. 1971. Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales - Second Edition. p467.
- <5> SLI83 Article in Monograph: STOCKER, D.. 1993. ‘The early church in Lincolnshire’ in Pre-Viking Lindsey. pp101-122.
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
Grid reference | Not recorded |
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Civil Parish | BARDNEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (0)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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