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Polesworth Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the tenth century in Warwickshire, established under the patronage of the Anglo-Saxon royal house. The surviving remains consist principally of the gatehouse and sections of the conventional buildings, including fragments of the abbey church, which testify to the scale of the medieval religious community that flourished on the site. The abbey maintained considerable landholdings and influence throughout the medieval period until its dissolution in the sixteenth century during the Reformation. The extant structures demonstrate the architectural character typical of later medieval monastic establishments and represent an important survival of female monastic life in the English Midlands.
Remains of Polesworth Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005735. View the official record →
Polesworth Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the tenth century in Warwickshire, established under the patronage of the Anglo-Saxon royal house. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005735.
Remains of Polesworth 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 1005735.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grendon Bridge (2.5 km), Moated site north-west of Pinwall (4.5 km), Merevale Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, associated water control features and industrial remains (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Remains of Polesworth 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.
Remains of Polesworth Abbey stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.