2009

NY5415 : Shap Abbey

taken 15 years ago, near to Keld, Cumbria, England

This is 1 of 23 images, with title Shap Abbey in this square
Shap Abbey
Shap Abbey
Built in the early 13th. century as home to a community of Premonstratensian canons it was suppressed by Henry VIII and given to the Governor of Carlisle in 1540. Some of the main buildings were used as a farm but it was gradually dismantled and the stone used for other purposes.

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Category: Religious buildings > Abbey
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Shap Abbey Farm [16] · Gradually Dismantled and the Stone Used [8] Title Clusters: · Shap Abbey [23] ·
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NY5415, 84 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Dennis Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 13 July, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 10 August, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 547 152 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:31.8299N 2:42.0163W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 547 152
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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