Barking Abbey

E435227

Benedictine nunnery medieval monastery religious house for women

Barking Abbey was a prominent medieval Benedictine nunnery in Essex, England, known as one of the wealthiest and most influential religious houses for women in the country.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Barking Abbey canonical	2
Abbey of Barking	1
Barking Abbey ruins	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Benedictine nunnery ⓘ medieval monastery ⓘ religious house for women ⓘ
category	Benedictine nunneries in England ⓘ Christian monasteries in Essex ⓘ Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Ethelburga NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Mary ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Henry VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury	16th century ⓘ
dissolvedInYear	1539 ⓘ
foundedAroundYear	666 ⓘ
foundedBy	Eorcenwald of London NERFINISHED ⓘ Erkenwald NERFINISHED ⓘ Æthelburh of Barking NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury	7th century ⓘ
function	center of local administration ⓘ landowner ⓘ religious community for nuns ⓘ
genderRestriction	female ⓘ
governedByTitle	abbess ⓘ
hadRoyalPatronage	true ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed building remains ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ
knownFor	learning and scholarship ⓘ political influence ⓘ royal connections ⓘ wealth ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Barking NERFINISHED ⓘ Essex ⓘ Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	continuous occupation until the Reformation ⓘ early Anglo-Saxon foundation ⓘ
notableOffice	abbess of Barking ⓘ
ownedLandIn	Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ other parts of England ⓘ
rank	one of the most influential nunneries in medieval England ⓘ one of the wealthiest nunneries in medieval England ⓘ
region	medieval England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder	Benedictine Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppressedDuring	Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
survivingRemains	ruins ⓘ
survivingRemainsLocatedIn	Barking Abbey Grounds NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Hallows-by-the-Tower → founder → Barking Abbey ⓘ

Barking, Essex, England → hasLandmark → Barking Abbey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barking Abbey ruins

All Hallows-by-the-Tower church → foundedBy → Barking Abbey ⓘ

subject surface form: All Hallows-by-the-Tower

this entity surface form: Abbey of Barking

Barking → hasHistoricSite → Barking Abbey ⓘ