Newsham / Newhouse / Newsome

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Source caption: "Located about two miles to the north-west of Habrough, this bridge was part of the grounds of an old abbey (Newsham Abbey) built around 1143. Long since demolished this bridge survives as does the lake and associated woodland."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Located about two miles to the north-west of Habrough, this bridge was part of the grounds of an old abbey (Newsham Abbey) built around 1143. Long since demolished this bridge survives as does the lake and associated woodland."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Beal, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in April 2003 by John Beal [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/373716] [accessed 8 May 2019]
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Source caption: "This is part of the original lake of Newsham Abbey (called Newsome Lake on the OS maps). The foundations of the old Abbey can be found over the lake at the top of the photograph."
Scene Description: Source caption: "This is part of the original lake of Newsham Abbey (called Newsome Lake on the OS maps). The foundations of the old Abbey can be found over the lake at the top of the photograph."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Beal, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in April 2003 by John Beal [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/373719] [accessed 8 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 15869NEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Martial
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Martial
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates given are for the site of the disappeared abbey: Brocklesby, UK]
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared abbey is located between the B1211 (S) and the A180 (N), 2-3 km NNW of Brocklesby, 3 km NW of Habrough, 10-12 km NE of Grimsby
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lincoln]
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: portable font / miniature font
Church Notes: first Premonstratensian house in England
Font Notes:
The entry for this Premonstratensian abbey in the Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes: "The abbey of Newhouse was the first of this order established in England, the founder being Peter of Gousla [...] The dedication of the house was to the honour of St. Mary and St. Martial, and the date of foundation 1143. [...] The house was dissolved under the first Act of Suppression". The entry for this abbey in Historic England PastScape [www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=80495] [accessed 8 May 2019] notes: "The site was in use as a private residence after the dissolution and incorporated into a landscape park during the 18th century. Parts of the abbey including the precinct boundary are visible as earthworks. practically the whole precinct of Newsham Abbey appears to be definable and to survive in a relatively undisturbed state, with the principal exception of the southern fringe."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.604284, -0.298081
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 36′ 15.42″ N, 0° 17′ 53.09″ W
UTM: 30U 678765 5942890

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-05-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.