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Holme Cultram Abbey
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Hulm
In the civil parish of Holme Abbey.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Remains of a Cistercian monastery. The abbey was founded on the 30th December 1150 by Henry, son of David I, king of Scotland and then ruling Cumberland, and a colony of monks were sent from Melrose. When Henry II recovered the district for England he took the abbey under his protection. It suffered heavily from its location near the border. The abbey was surrendered on the 6th March 1538. The west end of the nave of the abbey church now forms part of the parish church of St. Mary. It has early C16 additions, and alterations dated 1730. The vestry dates to 1884-5 and the church was restored in 1913. Although little remains of the medieval monastery the buildings were probably fortified. Said by Parker to been granted a licence to crenellate in 1327 but this was, in fact, for St Benet, Holm in Norfolk.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 71961)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY17705080
PastScape number;
9641
Books
- Brooke, C.J., 2000, Safe Sanctuaries (Edinburgh; John Donald) p292-4
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p113, 120
Grainger, F. and Collingwood, W., 1929, Register of Holme Cultram
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p241
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p422
Journal Articles
- 1866-73, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol1 p266
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1327-30) p183
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