Ramsey Abbey
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Ramsey Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England. It was founded about AD 969 and dissolved in 1539.
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Ramsey Abbey | |
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Location | Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England |
Coordinates | 52°26′54″N 0°06′03″W |
Area | Huntingdonshire |
Founded | 969 |
Built | 10th–16th centuries |
Demolished | 1537 |
Official name | Ramsey Abbey (remains of) |
Reference no. | 1006838 |
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The site of the abbey in Ramsey is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1] Most of the abbey's buildings were demolished after the dissolution but surviving structures are Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings. Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse is in the care of the National Trust and the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey was one of the buildings of the abbey.