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Shap Abbey

📍 Cumbria, England

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Shap Abbey was a religious house of the Premonstratensian order of Canons regular situated 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 Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The site is in the care of English Heritage and managed on its behalf by the Lake District National Park.

Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1190 near Kendal, moved to this riverside site in 1199. Abbot Richard Redman became Bishop of Ely. The last English monastery dissolved, surrendering in 1540. Managed by English Heritage within the Lake District National Park.