Ramsey Abbey

Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey, United Kingdom (GB)
Ramsey Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, southeast of Peterborough and north of Huntingdon, UK. Ramsey Abbey was founded in 969 by Saint Oswald, Bishop of Worcester through the gift of a local magnate, Æthelwine. The foundation was part of the mid-10th century monastic revival. It paid 4000 eels yearly in Lent to Peterborough Abbey for access to its quarries of Barnack limestone.
Ramsey Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, southeast of Peterborough and north of Huntingdon, UK. Ramsey Abbey was founded in 969 by Saint Oswald, Bishop of Worcester through the gift of a local magnate, Æthelwine. The foundation was part of the mid-10th century monastic revival. It paid 4000 eels yearly in Lent to Peterborough Abbey for access to its quarries of Barnack limestone.
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