Religious house for Premonstratensian Canons founded 1153-4; dissolved 1538. In 1291 the number of canons was probably at least 26. (1)
The S range and the S end of the dorter remained recognisable until the mid C18; it was not long before all landmarks were obliterated by modern (C19) Welbeck Abbey taking shape. A few vaults still remain, part of the vaulted undercroft still survives on ground level, and a fragment of the W wall of the church is still in place in a basement room. (2) (3)
Largest Abbey of its order in England. (4)
Not visited, as now a military school - presence of remains confirmed. (5)
By 1512 [Welbeck was] recognized as the head house of the order in England. Very little of it survives: seven bays of the undercroft dating from c.1250, the southernmost three bays with original vaulting, the rest with C18 vaults; [and a] doorway of c.1180. These remains are in what is now the basement. (6)
See M8702 for P Med house.
Grid ref centred.

<1> Knowles D and Hadcock N, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses, p 169 (Published document). SNT869.

<2> Knowles D and St Joseph JK, 1952, Monastic Sites From The Air, p 166 (Published document). SNT870.

<3> Peverel Archaeology Group, 1953, Ann Rept 5, p 32 (Published document). SNT1123.

<4> DOE (HHR), --/03/1962, Worksop Rural District - Provisional List, pp 22 - 3 (Published document). SNT638.

<5> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<6> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 365 (Monograph). SNT4.