Pipewell Abbey was an EnglishCistercianabbey, in theNorthamptonshire hamlet ofPipewell in the oldRockingham Forest. It was established in 1143 by William Butevilain as a daughter house ofNewminster Abbey inNorthumberland.[1]
The Abbey also held properties in the neighbouring county ofWarwickshire, in the area ofRugby, which was then a small village, the monks had severalgranges at the villages ofCawston,Thurlaston,Little Lawford andLong Lawford and Rugby, with other properties atBilton,Newbold-on-Avon,Toft, and possiblyChurch Lawford. The Cawston Grange was the largest and most valuable of their Warwickshire properties, and became the base of their operations there.[2]
During thedissolution of the monasteries in 1538 the Abbey and its properties were seized by the Crown and sold off; the Abbey at Pipewell was sold toSir William Parr, and in 1675,Pipewell Hall was built nearby from the stones of the Abbey.[1] TheBoughton family purchased many of the Warwickshire properties, including Cawston, Bilton, Little and Long Lawford, and Newbold.[2]
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