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Waterbeach Abbey is a former Benedictine priory founded in the early twelfth century in Cambridgeshire, situated on low-lying fenland north of Cambridge. The priory was established as a cell dependent upon Crowland Abbey and developed into a substantial monastic community with associated landholdings across the region. Little survives above ground today, though archaeological evidence and historical records indicate the site once comprised a church, cloister ranges, and ancillary buildings characteristic of a functioning medieval monastery. The priory was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the site was largely abandoned, leaving only earthworks and subsurface remains visible to the modern observer.
Waterbeach Abbey (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006888. View the official record →
Waterbeach Abbey is a former Benedictine priory founded in the early twelfth century in Cambridgeshire, situated on low-lying fenland north of Cambridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006888.
Waterbeach Abbey (site of) 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 1006888.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park (5.8 km), Swaffham Bulbeck moated site. (6.1 km), Chesterton Abbey (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Waterbeach Abbey (site of)'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.
Waterbeach Abbey (site of) stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.