Newsham Abbey

Newsham Abbey
Location within Lincolnshire
Monastery information
OrderPremonstratensian
Established1143
Disestablished1536
Dedicated toSt Mary and St Martial
Newsham Abbey
Pond near site of Newsham Abbey
Bridge leading to site of the Abbey

Newsham Abbey was an abbey in Newsham, a small hamlet north of Brocklesby village in Lincolnshire, England, and one of nine within the historical county. Founded by Peter of Gousla in 1143, Newsham was a daughter house of the Abbey of Licques, near Calais, and the first Premonstratensian house established in England.

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