Chertsey Abbey

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Chertsey Abbey was a medieval Benedictine monastery in Surrey, England, notable as an important religious house and temporary burial site of King Henry VI.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chertsey Abbey canonical 2
Chertsey Abbey (ruins) 1
Chertsey Abbey site 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
burialOfRoyalPerson Henry VI ⓘ
burialType temporary burial ⓘ
centuryOfFoundation 7th century ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
currentUseOfSite partly built over by modern development ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Peter ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese Diocese of Winchester ⓘ
dissolutionContext Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
foundedBy Saint Eorcenwald ⓘ
foundedIn 666 ⓘ
founder Eorcenwald of London ⓘ
governedBy abbot of Chertsey ⓘ
governedTerritory Chertsey Abbey estates ⓘ
hadEconomicRole agricultural estate centre ⓘ
landowning institution ⓘ
hadLibrary yes ⓘ
hadScriptorium yes ⓘ
hasReligiousFunction abbey ⓘ
monastery ⓘ
hasRemains earthworks ⓘ
foundations ⓘ
scattered masonry fragments ⓘ
heritageStatus scheduled monument ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Latin ⓘ
laterDiocese Diocese of London ⓘ
locatedIn Chertsey ⓘ
England ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
locatedNear River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames
locatedOn River Thames floodplain ⓘ
monasticRule Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ
notableAs important religious house in medieval England ⓘ
temporary burial place of King Henry VI ⓘ
partOf medieval English monastic network ⓘ
periodOfGreatestInfluence High Middle Ages ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Benedictine Order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
temporaryBurialSiteOf Henry VI of England ⓘ
wasDestroyedIn 16th century ⓘ
wasDissolvedIn 1537 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry VI of England → burialPlace → Chertsey Abbey ⓘ
subject linked to: King Henry VI of England
Chertsey → hasLandmark → Chertsey Abbey (ruins) ⓘ
linked to: Chertsey Abbey
Runnymede Borough → hasHistoricSite → Chertsey Abbey site ⓘ
linked to: Chertsey Abbey
Saint Eorcenwald → founded → Chertsey Abbey ⓘ