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Latitude: 51.4885 / 51°29'18"N
Longitude: 0.1292 / 0°7'45"E
OS Eastings: 547925
OS Northings: 178765
OS Grid: TQ479787
Mapcode National: GBR R1.TH3
Mapcode Global: VHHNL.6V59
Plus Code: 9F32F4QH+9M
Entry Name: Ruins of Lesnes Abbey
Listing Date: 20 May 1953
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1359415
English Heritage Legacy ID: 198632
ID on this website: 101359415
Location: Lesnes Abbey, Bexley, London, SE2
County: London
District: Bexley
Electoral Ward/Division: Lesnes Abbey
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bexley
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Belvedere St Augustine
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
ABBEY ROAD
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Abbey Wood
TQ 47 NE 2/1 20.5.55. Ruins of Lesnes Abbey
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The Abbey of St Mary and St Thomas the Martyr was founded by Richard de Lucy,
Chief Justiciar of England, for Augustinian Canons in 1178. It was suppressed
by Cardinal Wolsey in 1524. The mansion into which the building was subsequently
converted was demolished in 1844. The ruins were excavated by the Woolwich
Antiquarian Society in 1909, and up to 1930 by Sir Alfred Clapham; to 1939-51
by E C Elliston Erwood for the London County Council who then owned them.
Ruins consist of the footings of walls and in some places portions of wall
up to approximately 8 feet high, of Kentish ragstone, flint and chalk, and
consist of the remains of the abbey church and the monastic buildings to the
north. There is one pointed stone doorway and several lancet windows. Scheduled
as an Ancient monument.
Listing NGR: TQ4792578765
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