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“Enclosed by woods, Roche Abbey is beautifully set alongside Maltby Beck. Unusually, there were two local Lords who jointly founded Roche Abbey. Their land met at Maltby Beck and they gave the Monks the choice of whose land they settled on. The Cistercians began work on the abbey in 1147 and took a full 25 years to complete it. Much of the Abbey’s story remains lost as its documents were stored in St Mary’s Tower in York which was destroyed by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War. It is known that the abbey prospered in the 12th and early 13th centuries; until that is Hugh of Wadworth took the reins. He had ambitious plans to expand the Abbey - instead he landed the Abbey in debt having borrowed large sums of money from the Jewish community in York. Despite a period of recovery, the late 13th century brought with it a decline in the Abbey’s fortunes - not only did its wealth decline but it was hit by the Black Death as well. If that wasn’t enough, there were also a series of scandals involving violence, gambling and the carrying of weapons. Following the dissolution, Roche Abbey was completely plundered, a record of which was kept by Michael Sherbrook at the time; “It would have pitied any heart to see the tearing up of the lead, the plucking up of boards and throwing down of the rafters” ”
off Blythe Road
Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
S66 8NW
Visit Website
1 Apr-30 Sep:Thu-Mon 10-4pm
Adult: £3
Child: £1.50
Concession: £2.30
See more Place of Worships in North of England:
- Brinkburn Priory
- Byland Abbey
- Durham Cathedral
- Furness Abbey
- Kirkham Priory
- Lanercost Priory
- Lindisfarne Priory
- Mount Grace Priory
- Rievaulx Abbey
- Rievaulx Terrace & Temples
- Roche Abbey
- St. Peter's Church
- Thornton Abbey
- Whitby Abbey
- York Minster
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