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Newenham Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in the parish of Newenham, Devon. The house was established as a daughter foundation of Netley Abbey and followed the austere Cistercian Rule, operating as a significant religious community until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The surviving remains include fragmentary stone structures that attest to the scale and importance of the abbey's medieval buildings, though much of the site has been lost to time and subsequent land use. The abbey church and associated monastic buildings once dominated the local landscape, reflecting the considerable wealth and influence held by the Cistercian order in medieval Devon.
Newenham Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011671. View the official record →
Newenham Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in the parish of Newenham, Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011671.
Newenham 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 1011671.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman fort and later Romano-British settlement at Woodbury Farm (1 km), Trinity Beacon (2.4 km), The Beacon on Shute Hill, 200m north east of Rowlands (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Newenham 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.
Newenham Abbey stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.