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Stanlaw Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the late twelfth century on the Cheshire peninsula at Stanlow Point. The abbey was established by monks from Combermere and became an important Cistercian house with extensive monastic grange lands exploited for pastoral and agricultural production. The site occupies a strategic location on the estuary, which afforded access to both inland and maritime resources, though the marshy terrain presented considerable environmental challenges to monastic settlement. The abbey was relocated to Whalley in Lancashire in the sixteenth century before the Dissolution, with the original Stanlaw site eventually abandoned and submerged beneath changing landscape conditions.
Stanlaw Abbey Cistercian monastery and monastic grange, Stanlow Point is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011117. View the official record →
Stanlaw Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the late twelfth century on the Cheshire peninsula at Stanlow Point. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011117.
Stanlaw Abbey Cistercian monastery and monastic grange, Stanlow Point 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 1011117.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, fishpond and connnecting channel, Elton (3.8 km), Standing cross in St Lawrence's churchyard, Stoak (4.2 km), Chapel at Chapel House Farm 200m west of Wervin Old Hall (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stanlaw Abbey Cistercian monastery and monastic grange, Stanlow Point'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.
Stanlaw Abbey Cistercian monastery and monastic grange, Stanlow Point stands on Early Triassic sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Early Triassic. The rock here is sandstone.