Church of St Thomas A Becket and remains of Beauchief Abbey, Beauchief, South Yorkshire

The Church of St Thomas Beckett was constructed in 1662, on the site of an earlier church. Beckett was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to his assassination in 1170. The church includes the ruins of a Premonstratensian Abbey. The abbey was founded in 1173-1176 by Robert Fitzranulph. Fitzranulph is said to have been implicated in the murder of Thomas a Becket. It was Dissolved in 1536-7.

Location

South Yorkshire Beauchief

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

Tags

religion faith abbey premonstratensian monastery dissolution church medieval (1066 - 1484)