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Crowland
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Built in 1736 Abbey Hotel . Crowland is a very attractive village at the border of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire , famous for its magnificent church, which forms part of the ruins of Croyland Abbey.

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)
Crowland Abbey in Crowland . The town was captured after a short siege by Parliamentarian forces in 1643 and this appears to have been when serious damage was done to the structure. The nave roof fell in 1720, the main south wall was taken down in 1744. The north aisle of the nave was refurbished and remains in use as the parish church

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)
Crowland Abbey (also spelled Croyland Abbey) was a monastery of the Benedictine Order in Lincolnshire, sixteen miles from Stamford and thirteen from Peterborough. It was founded in memory of St. Guthlac early in the eighth century by Ethelbald, King of Mercia.

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)

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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)

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Crowland, Lincolnshire. Trinity Bridge
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Crowland Abbey
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)

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Crowland Abbey, view from the rear
© Eden Mabee (view gallery)

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Trinity Bridge, Crowland.
© Cliff Harris (view gallery)
At one time straddling the point where Catwater drain joined the Welland river. Dates back to the reign of Edward 2nd.

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The Trinity bridge
© Alan Bull (view gallery)

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Christ or King Ethelbald?
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Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire
© Mike Gentry (view gallery)

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Trinity Bridge, Crowland
© Ken Ince (view gallery)
This bridge once crossed two rivers which met at this point. It is triangular with three arches.

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Trinity Bridge, Crowland
© Ken Ince (view gallery)
This bridge once crossed two rivers which met at this point. It is triangular with three arches.

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Crowland Abbey
© Cliff Harris (view gallery)
Remains of Crowland Abbey, founded 714 AD.

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Crowland Abbey
© Ken Ince (view gallery)
The Abbey was founded in the 8th Century, with St Guthlac living there as a hermit from the years 699 until 714. The Abbey was dissolved in 1539, and over the centuries large sections of the building have collapsed. The building itself has had a torrid history. It was ransacked by the Danes in AD 870 with the then Abbott Theodore being murdered. There was also a disastrous fire in AD 1091, in which the entire building was razed to the ground. The Abbey was re-built, but suffered another fire in the 12th Century, with some reports stating that the Abbey was also damaged in an earthquake at one point! As well as the obvious damage, a closer look shows that many of the statues have been defaced over the years, with many heads missing and faces obliterated. Some of this damaged would have occurred during the English Civil War when the Abbey was under seige for three months. The nave roof collapsed in 1720. The North Aisle of the Abbey is used as the Parish church today, and this is about an eighth the size of what the building would have been before 1539. The west front is truly remarkable for the number of exquisite carvings. These date from the 12th to the 14th centuries and it is said that the west front was an imitation of Wells Cathedral.

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Water Tower in Crowland
© Ken Ince (view gallery)
We were out on a ramble when we came across this view of the water tower. I liked it so came back to get some photos.

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Crowland Abbey
© Eden Mabee (view gallery)
Looking along East Street from the doors of Ye Olde Abbey pub.... Lovely ruins and community church

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