Elstow Abbey is usually open for individual private prayer – and when donations to the Bedford Food bank will also be very welcome. Elstow Abbey Church is an Anglican church in the Diocese of St. Albans. Powered by Nirvana & WordPress.

Elstow Abbey was a monastery for Benedictine nuns in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. It was founded c.1075 by Judith, Countess of Huntingdon , a niece of William the Conqueror , and therefore is classed as a royal foundation.

Elstow Abbey is an active church that has been a place of Christian worship for nearly a thousand years and we continue to uphold that tradition. Whether you live locally or are planning to visit us from far away, you are assured of a warm welcome!

Elstow Abbey Church is an Anglican church in the Diocese of St. Albans. Our postcode is: MK42 9XT © Elstow Abbey

An informal service of contemporary worship in modern language. Our parish of Elstow is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO).

2020年4月21日 · The Abbey church of St Mary and St Helena in Elstow is built of the remains of a C12 abbey and is situated to the south-east of the old part of the village. It is accessed from the High Street into Church End and parking is available to the west of the church.

Elstow's mighty 13th century bell tower, one of only a handful of freestanding church towers in the country, looks out across the spacious village green and stands side by side with the remaining part of a Norman abbey, which is now the parish church.

From 1075 until 1539 AD, Elstow was home to a thriving Benedictine Nunnery -Elstow Abbey. The present day Parish Church is the remaining half of the former Abbey church. At the rear of the church are the ruins of 'Elstow Place', a mansion formed out of the nunnery cloisters by Sir Thomas Hillersden 4th, after the death of his father in 1632.

What we see today is only a part of the original abbey church. At the height of its wealth in the 14th century the nunnery church was twice its current size. Like other monastic institutions, Elstow Abbey was dissolved at the Reformation by Henry VIII.

Elstow Abbey was a Benedictine foundation. The Order of St Benedict was one of several “Orders” in the Middle Ages and included such as the Congregation of Cluny, the Cistercians and the Trappists.