Missenden Abbey
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Missenden Abbey is a former Arrouasian (Augustinian) monastery, founded in 1133 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The abbey was dissolved in 1538, and the abbey church demolished. In 1574 a house, also known as Missenden Abbey, was constructed on the site of the monastic cloisters, incorporating some of the monastic remains. The house was altered several times, gaining its current "Regency Gothic" style at the beginning of the 19th century. The house was "gutted" by fire in 1985 and subsequently rebuilt.
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Order | Arrouasian (Augustinian) |
Established | 1133 |
Disestablished | 1538 |
Mother house | Arrouaise Abbey |
Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
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Founder(s) | William de Missenden |
Site | |
Location | Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire |
Coordinates | 51.700759°N 0.702853°W / 51.700759; -0.702853 |
Grid reference | SP8901 |
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