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Shap Abbey
Shap Abbey
Monastery information
Full nameAbbey church of St. Mary Magdalene
Other namesShap Abbey
OrderPremonstratensian
Established1190 near Kendal, 1199 on this site
Disestablished1540
DioceseCarlisle
Site
LocationShap Rural,
Cumbria,
England
Coordinates54°31′49″N 02°42′01″W / 54.53028°N 2.70028°W / 54.53028; -2.70028
Visible remainslarge tower and outline of conventual buildings
Public accessYes, English Heritage

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 the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The site is in the care of English Heritage and managed on its behalf by the Lake District National Park.

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