Monument record MDO8335 - Bindon Abbey, Wool

The ruins of an abbey built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, after the community of Bindon Abbey was relocated to this site from Little Bindon in 1172. The abbey was founded in 1149 by Willian of Glastonia for Cistercian monks. It was dissolved in 1539 and granted to Sir Thomas Poynings. A house built out of the ruins for Viscount Bindon was acquired by Humphrey Weld in 1641 and burnt down in the Civil War.

Bindon Abbey founded 1172 by Roger de Newburgh for Cistercian monks, replaced the earlier foundation at Little Bindon (see SY87NW2) and was finally dissolved in 1539. After the dissolution it was granted to Sir Thomas Poynings, and Coker refers to a fair house which was built by Thomas, Viscount Bindon out of the ruins of the abbey. It was acquired by Humphrey Weld in 1641 and burnt down in the Civil War, circa 1644. The greater part of the present abbey remains, including the church, chapter house and east range was built in the late 12th to mid 13th centuries and there is now little recognisable work of later date. <2-6> The ruins of Bindon Abbey are generally as depicted on the RCHM plan. The eastern range in particular, from the north transept to the Day Room Dorter, is very overgrown and waterlogged, making identification of foundations difficult. Parts of the remaining walls are crumbling and falling, and the whole abbey remains are in poor preservation. Resurveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. from RCHM plan. <7>

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Oct 18 2023 11:06AM