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Creake Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey located near the village of North Creake in Norfolk, England. The monastery was founded in the mid-twelfth century and grew to considerable prominence during the medieval period as a house of the White Canons. The surviving remains include substantial portions of the abbey church and associated claustral buildings, which demonstrate the scale and architectural quality of this important religious foundation. The site was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, after which the buildings gradually fell into ruin, though significant stonework and structural elements survive to the present day as evidence of its former significance.
Creake Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015271. View the official record →
Creake Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey located near the village of North Creake in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015271.
Creake 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 1015271.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Beaufoe's manor, 180m south east of St Mary's Church (3.3 km), Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery (3.6 km), Bowl barrow and pill box 430m WSW of Burnham Westgate Hall (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Creake 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.
Creake Abbey stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.