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Burton upon Trent Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1002 and located in Staffordshire in the English Midlands. The abbey grew to considerable wealth and influence during the medieval period, holding extensive lands across the region and playing a significant role in local ecclesiastical affairs. The site was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and substantial monastic buildings, including ranges of domestic structures, survive today in fragmentary form, attesting to the scale of the original establishment. The surviving masonry represents an important physical record of medieval monastic architecture and planning in the Midlands.
Burton upon Trent Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006084. View the official record →
Burton upon Trent Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1002 and located in Staffordshire in the English Midlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006084.
Burton upon Trent Abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006084.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sinai Park moated site (2.9 km), Bretby Castle fortified manor (4.2 km), Monks Bridge See also DERBYSHIRE 15 (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burton upon Trent Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Burton upon Trent Abbey stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.