Vaudey Abbey [SEP] religious order
Vaudey Abbey
Vaudey Abbey , also known as Vandy Abbey or Vandey Abbey, was an English Cistercian abbey. It was founded in 1147 by William, Count of Aumale, Earl of York. Its site is within the Grimsthorpe Castle park, in Lincolnshire, northwest of Bourne on the A151, but there are no remains of the Abbey aside from earthworks.
The Victoria County History contains a substantial report and a list of Abbots.
Foundation.
Vaudey Abbey was founded by monks from Fountains Abbey, who first settled
. By the mid-16th century, the abbey buildings were in ruins. In 1539, Henry VIII granted Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk the lands of Vaudey Abbey, and he used its stone as building material for his new house. In 1736 William Stukeley noted that only the precinct wall remained intact.
On the other side of Grimsthorpe Park, Scottlethorpe has substantial stone remains now used as part of a barn. This may be remains of an unrelated Chapel known to have been located there, or might have been re