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Revesby Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in Lincolnshire in the twelfth century, established as a daughter house of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. The abbey became one of the wealthier religious communities in the region, acquiring substantial landholdings and playing a significant role in the economic development of the Fens. The site retains fragmentary remains of the conventual buildings, including sections of stonework that speak to its former scale and status. Like most English monasteries, Revesby was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the precinct fell into ruin and was subsequently incorporated into agricultural land.
Revesby Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004969. View the official record →
Revesby Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in Lincolnshire in the twelfth century, established as a daughter house of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004969.
Revesby 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 1004969.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Roman barrows 180m west of Home Farm (0.9 km), Churchyard cross, St Helen's churchyard (2.1 km), Churchyard cross, St Benedict's churchyard (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Revesby 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.
Revesby Abbey stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.