Polesworth Abbey
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Polesworth Abbey was a Benedictine nunnery in Polesworth, North Warwickshire, England.[1]
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Polesworth Abbey | |
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Abbey Church of St Editha, Polesworth | |
52°37′7.77″N 1°36′44.02″W | |
Location | Polesworth |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | polesworthabbey.co.uk |
History | |
Dedication | St Editha |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
Administration | |
Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Birmingham |
Archdeaconry | Aston |
Deanery | Polesworth |
Parish | Polesworth |
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In 925, the sister of Ethelstan, and repudiated wife of Sihtric, king of Northumbria, came to live at the Abbey.[2] In 1066, Sir Robert Marmion expelled the nuns from Polesworth, but after seeing a vision of St. Edith, he allowed them to return; in 1242, King Henry III granted the abbey a weekly market, as well as an annual fair for St Margaret.[2]