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Eynsham Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century in Oxfordshire. The abbey was established around 1005 by Æthelred the Unready and became one of the significant religious houses in the region during the medieval period. The site today survives as earthworks and fragmentary remains of the former monastic buildings, reflecting its substantial medieval layout. The abbey was dissolved during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, after which the site fell into decline.
Eynsham Abbey (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006332. View the official record →
Eynsham Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006332.
Eynsham Abbey (site of) 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 1006332.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Swinford Bridge (1.1 km), Sites discovered by aerial photography, near Foxley Farm (1.2 km), Great kitchen of manor house (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Eynsham Abbey (site of)'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.
Eynsham Abbey (site of) stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.