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| Newminster Abbey | Newminster Abbey | Mackenzie’s History | 3 Chains | The only vestige of this once magnificent | ||
| (Remains of) | Newminster Abbey | White’s Directory | South of Abbey | Abbey is apparently a gateway on the north side | ||
| Newminster Abbey | Whellan’s Directory | Kennels | There are a number of apparent walls now | |||
| Abbey of Newminster | Hutchinson’s History | covered with earth forming mounds or | ||||
| banks, considerably above the surface. | ||||||
| White’s Directory | ||||||
| The site of the Abbey was granted in | ||||||
| 1610 to R. Brandling but it now belongs | ||||||
| to W Ord Esqr. Every vestige of this ancient | ||||||
| monastery has been destroyed, except | ||||||
| the entrance Gateway which is now care- | ||||||
| fully preserved and was in 1827 en- | ||||||
| closed with palisades. | ||||||
| Whellan’s Directory. | ||||||
| Newminster Abbey was founded in the | ||||||
| year 1138 by Ralph de Merley and was by | ||||||
| him dedicated in honour of the Blessed | ||||||
| Virgin Mary for Cistercian Monks. It was | ||||||
| endowed by the founder with a large tract | ||||||
| of land and woods that surrounded it on | ||||||
| each side of the Wansbeck. | ||||||
| Abbey Well | Abbey Well | Mr Grey | 12 Chains | A well of excellent spring water | ||
| Abbey Well | Mr Brown | S.E from | situated at the bottom of the Abbey | |||
| Abbey Well | Mr Ashton | Abbey Kennels | Banks | |||
| John Davison Sapper Royal Engineers | ||||||
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