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Sibton Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery located near Yaxley in Suffolk, founded in the mid-twelfth century as a daughter house of Wenham Abbey. The abbey followed the strict observance of the Cistercian order and operated as a significant religious and agricultural community until its dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII in the 1530s. The surviving remains include fragmentary stone foundations and earthworks that preserve evidence of the monastic layout, notably parts of the claustral ranges and the abbey church. The site was subsequently incorporated into agricultural land, and the visible architectural elements today reflect the typical Cistercian planning conventions of the medieval period, though substantial portions of the original structures have been lost to time and later disturbance.
Remains of Sibton Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018327. View the official record →
Sibton Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery located near Yaxley in Suffolk, founded in the mid-twelfth century as a daughter house of Wenham Abbey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018327.
Remains of Sibton 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 1018327.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Grange moated site (0.5 km), South Grange medieval monastic grange (1.4 km), Moat Farm moated site, 650m west of Goodwyns Farm (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Remains of Sibton 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 Sibton Abbey stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.