In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cockersand Abbey like this:
COCKERSAND ABBEY, an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Lancaster; at the mouth of the rivulet Cocker, 6¾ miles SSW of Lancaster. A Pre-monstratensian abbey, on the site of a previous hermitage and hospital, was founded here, in 1190, by Theobald, brother of Archbishop Hubert; was restored, for a short time, after the dissolution; and is now represented by its octagonal chapter-house, and part of the other walls. It belongs to the Daltons of Thurnham; and is sometimes called Thurnham-Abbey.
Cockersand Abbey through time
Cockersand Abbey is now part of Lancaster district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lancaster has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cockersand Abbey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cockersand Abbey, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10054
Date accessed: 19th October 2024
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