Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire

Photograph taken 21 September 1999 © Historic England Archive/Dr Neil J. Clarke LRPS ref: 50693

The remains of a Benedictine abbey church dating from around 1150. It became a farmhouse after the Reformation when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. This property is now in the care of English Heritage (2010) and managed by the Farmland Museum Trust.

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Cambridgeshire Waterbeach

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

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This medieval stone bridge across the River Leach links the villages of Eastleach Martin and Eastleach Turville. The bridge is narrow as it was built for pedestrians and for horses carrying people or packs of goods.

Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire

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