Cleeve Abbey

About this book

Founded in the late 12th century by William de Roure Earl of Lincoln Cleeve Abbey has undergone some substantial changes throughout its history; from a Cistercian monastery to its destruction during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 to its use as a private house having been sold off by Henry VIII and finally its function as a farm in the 17th century. This guidebook provides a tour of the abbey both inside and out and a history of its workings and the lives of the monks who once lived there.