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Description: | The Cistercian abbey of St Mary and St Laurence at Revesby was founded by William de Romara, Earl of Lincoln, in 1142 and dissolved in 1539. It was colonised from Rievaulx, Yorkshire and in 1535 its nett income was over 287 pounds. In 1376 there was an abbot, 27 monks and 4 lay brothers. No standing structure remains. In 1869 poor excavations revealed the north-east corner of the cloister and part of the nave. A number of architectural fragments are built into the west tower of Revesby church and these may come from the abbey. The site of the high altar TF29926081 is marked by a 19th century burial with an inscribed slab. To the south-west a concentration of grassed over banks indicates the main building layout and this is central to a considerable area of associated earthworks, principally moat-type ditches and fishponds. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1142 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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