Lesnes Abbey/ˈlɛsnɪs/ is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London, England. It is a scheduled monument,[1] and the abbey's ruins are listed at Grade II[2] by Historic England.
The adjacent Lesnes Abbey Woods are a Local Nature Reserve.[3] Part of the wood is the Abbey Wood SSSI, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which is an important site for early Tertiary fossils.[4]
^Historic England (4 November 1930). "Lesnes Abbey (1002025)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^Historic England (20 May 1953). "Ruins of Lesnes Abbey (1359415)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^Natural England, Local Nature Reserves, Lesnes Abbey Woods
^"Natural England citation, Abbey Wood" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
51.48861°N 0.12889°E / 51.48861; 0.12889 LesnesAbbey /ˈlɛsnɪs/ is a former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast...
which once belonged to the monks of LesnesAbbey. The Abbey of St Mary and St Thomas the Martyr at Lesnes (or LesnesAbbey) was founded in 1178 by Richard...
ruined LesnesAbbey in the London Borough of Bexley and gives its name to the Abbey Wood district. The woods are adjacent to Bostall Woods. LesnesAbbey Woods...
tennis courts. LesnesAbbey Woods is an 88 hectare area of ancient woodland to the south-east of Abbey Wood, named after the LesnesAbbey ruins that lie...
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free dictionary. Lessness or Lesnes may refer to: Lessness Heath, a district in the London Borough of Bexley Little and Lesnes Hundred, an ancient land division...
Hasted, some areas of this marshland were drained by 1279 by the monks of LesnesAbbey. Between 1812 and 1816, a canal was built by convicts to take materials...
to LesnesAbbey in Kent, which had been founded by De Lucy. He resigned his office between September 1178 and Easter of 1179, and retired to Lesnes Abbey...
the London Borough of Bexley. It is located in LesnesAbbey Woods south-east of the ruins of LesnesAbbey. Members of the public can dig for fossils in...
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several Transport for London bus services connecting it with areas including Abbey Wood, Bexleyheath, Bromley, Crayford, Chislehurst, Dartford, Eltham, Erith...
further south. The largest of the open spaces are Foots Cray Meadows, LesnesAbbey Woods, Danson Park and Hall Place Gardens. There are also many golf courses...
of the East Saxons of land at Erith. The surrounding area was known as Lesnes or Lessness, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. After the...
heirs to the Queen, Eleanor of Provence. Rohese's heart was buried at LesnesAbbey. Rolls of Arms Henry III, London: Harleian Society, 1967 Sanders, I.J...
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Building materials included stone recycled from a nearby former monastery, LesnesAbbey. Sir John's house consisted of a splendid central Great Hall crossed...
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Lucy), High Sheriff of Essex, resigns his judicial office. He enters LesnesAbbey (near London) that he founded in Kent, as penance for his part in the...
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its name from Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery of the Bridgettine Order, founded in 1415 on a nearby site by King Henry V. The abbey moved to the site...
branches to Dulwich and Nunhead. The major open spaces in the Chain are: LesnesAbbey Bostall Heath and Woods Parks in Charlton including Maryon Park, Maryon...
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1953 to assist with draining the flooding of the eastern Royal Arsenal and Abbey Wood) and were left, with the rest of the ironwork, to rust and to vandals...
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