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Delapré Abbey
Stately home in Northampton, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Delapré Abbey is a neo-classical mansion in Northampton, in Northamptonshire, England.
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![]() Delapré Abbey – the south facade | |
Monastery information | |
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Full name | Abbey of St Mary de la Pré The Abbey of St Mary in the Meadow |
Order | Cluniac Nuns |
Established | c. 1145 |
Disestablished | 1538 |
Mother house | Abbey of Cluny |
Dedicated to | St Mary de la Pré, Sancta Maria de pratis, St Mary in the Meadows |
Diocese | Lincoln |
People | |
Founder(s) | Simon de Senlis, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton |
Site | |
Location | Hardingstone (extreme north of), Northampton |
Coordinates | 52.2247°N 0.8895°W / 52.2247; -0.8895 |
Grid reference | SP759592 |
Visible remains | None |
Public access | Yes |
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The mansion and outbuildings incorporate remains of a former monastery, the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré (the suffix meaning "in or of the Meadow"), near the River Nene 1 mile (1.6 km) south south-east of the centre of Northampton. It was founded as a nunnery about the year 1145 devoted to the congregation of the major Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy, France. Among the native population of Northampton the name has retained its 12th century pronuciation of "Della-pree".
The Abbey's expansive sloping grounds are a nationally protected Wars of the Roses battlefield, as a one-time site of the advance of the Yorkists during the Battle of Northampton (1460).