Bordesley Abbey [SEP] religious order
Bordesley Abbey
Bordesley Abbey was a 12th-century Cistercian abbey near the town of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England.
The abbey's foundation was an act of Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, who gave the monks of Garendon Abbey in Leicestershire some more land. The Count's twin brother was the benefactor of Garendon. However, Empress Matilda laid claim to the patronage of Bordesley once Waleran surrendered to her in about 1141, thus making Bordesley a royal house. 
Bordesley Abbey was once an important local ecclesiastical
Bordesley
Bordesley may refer to several places in England:
- Bordesley, West Midlands, an area of Birmingham
- Bordesley Green, a separate area of Birmingham
- Bordesley, Worcestershire, an area of Redditch
- Bordesley Abbey, a ruined abbey near Reddich
- Bordesley railway station a railway station in Birmingham
- Bordesley Junction a canal junction in Birmingham
- Birmingham Bordesley (UK Parliament constituency) a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency in Birmingham
See also.
- Farm, Bordesley, within the