Grimsby No. 2 / Great Grimsby / Grimesby / Grimsby Abbey / Welhove / Wellow Abbey

INFORMATION

FontID: 22122GRI
Church/Chapel: Abbey Church of Wellow [aka Grimsby Abbey]
Church Patron Saints: St. Augustine & St. Olaf
Church Location: [NB: coordinates given are for Abbey Park [cf. Geo Directions]
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared abbey is believed to have been located approximately where Abbey Road and Abbey Drive appear on modern maps of Grimsby
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Bradley
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
There are four entries for Grimsby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TA2609/grimsby/] [accessed 29 April 2019] one of which reports a priest and a church in it. The entry for this house of Austin Canons in the Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes: "The abbey of Wellow was founded, like the priory of Dunstable, by King Henry I, [...] and dedicated to St. Augustine and St. Olaf. [...] There is no evidence at present to determine the exact date of foundation [...] The original endowment of the abbey of Wellow by Henry I consisted of the site in Grimsby, with the church of St. James and divers ponds, mills, &c. [...] It was dissolved before Michaelmas, 1536."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.5582, -0.0812
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 33′ 29.52″ N, 0° 4′ 52.32″ W
UTM: 30U 693322 5938331

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-04-29 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.