 Shap Abbey
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| Full Name | Shap Abbey |
| Other Names | Shap Abbey |
| Order | Premonstratensian |
| Established | 1190, 1199 on this site |
| Disestablished | 1540 |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Site | |
| Location | Shap Rural, Cumbria, England |
| Visible Remains | large tower and outline of conventual buildings |
| Public Access | Yes, English Heritage |
Shap Abbey was a monastic religious house of the Premonstratensian order on the western bank of the River Lowther in the civil parish of Shap Rural, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the village of Shap, in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The site is in the care of English Heritage and managed on its behalf by the Lake District National Park.
The site is open to the public at all reasonable times and entry is free. Facilities are limited to a car park and a short path leading over the fields to the small 16th-century Keld Chapel, now in the care of the National Trust.
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Shap Abbey was built in 1199. The abbey was originally founded 20 miles south of Shap near Kendal in 1190, but it moved to 'Hepp' in 1199. The old name means 'a heap' but it gradually changed to Shap over the next 100 years.
Shap Abbey escaped the initial phase of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, but it was closed in 1540 and subsequently sold to the Governor of Carlisle. Most of the abbey buildings have been demolished and the masonry robbed away at the end of the 17th century to build Shap Market Hall, much of the ornate carved stonework was also removed and used in the building of Lowther Castle. Many of the monastic buildings were incorporated into a farmhouse and used as barns. Little has changed over the last four centuries because the abbey ruins still form part of a working farm complex.
Coordinates: 54°31′49″N 2°42′00″W / 54.530233°N 2.699901°W
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