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Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey is a ruined religious house located near the River Cocker in Lancashire, founded in the twelfth century as a community of Premonstratensian canons regular. The abbey, established around 1190, became a significant religious centre during the medieval period and maintained substantial landholdings across Lancashire and beyond. Today the site preserves fragmentary remains of the monastic buildings, including elements of the precinct wall and scattered stonework that attest to its former importance. The abbey was dissolved during the Reformation, and its ruins, situated in an isolated location on the Fylde coast, have survived as archaeological evidence of medieval monastic life in north-west England.
Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018919. View the official record →
Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey is a ruined religious house located near the River Cocker in Lancashire, founded in the twelfth century as a community of Premonstratensian canons regular. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018919.
Cockersand Premonstratensian 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 1018919.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glasson Dock (2.9 km), High cross in St Peter's churchyard, Heysham (8 km), St Patrick's early Christian chapel and associated cemetery, Lower Heysham (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cockersand Premonstratensian 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.
Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.