Barking Abbey
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Name (Latin)
Barking Abbey
Other forms of name
Abatejo Barking
Abbazia di Barking
Opatija Barking
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- LC database, 27 Jan. 2003(hdg.: Barking Abbey)
- The ordinale and customary of the Benedictine nuns of Barking Abbey, 1927-1928:t.p. (Barking Abbey)
- Wikipedia, December 5, 2014(Barking Abbey is a former royal monastery located in Barking, in the Essex Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Essex, England. It has been described as "one of the most important nunneries in the country"; originally established in the 7th century, from the late 10th century the abbey followed the Rule of St. Benedict; continued to operate for almost 900 years, until its closure in 1539, as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries; ruined remains of Barking Abbey now form part of a public open space known as Abbey Green; founded in the 7th century by Saint Erkenwald (later Bishop of London); established c. 666 A.D.; disestablished 1539; site location: Barking, London, England; coordinates: 51.535556°N 0.075278°E) Esperanto page (Abatejo Barking) Italian page (Abbazia di Barking) Serbo-Croatian page (Opatija Barking [in roman])