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Denny Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the early twelfth century in Cambridgeshire, which later became a Franciscan house in the thirteenth century. The site retains substantial remains of the abbey church and associated monastic buildings, including the impressive refectory range which demonstrates the scale and permanence of the medieval religious community. The abbey was dissolved at the Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the buildings were converted to domestic and agricultural use. The surviving structures, now managed as a heritage site, provide important evidence for monastic life and architecture in medieval East Anglia.
Denny Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012770. View the official record →
Denny Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the early twelfth century in Cambridgeshire, which later became a Franciscan house in the thirteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012770.
Denny 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 1012770.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Waterbeach Abbey (site of) (3.7 km), Shrunken medieval village of Landbeach (3.8 km), Car Dyke (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Denny 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.
Denny Abbey stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.