Northampton Abbey

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Northampton Abbey was founded in Northampton in 1104-05 by William Peverel as an Augustinian monastery dedicated to St James.

The abbey church was rebuilt on a large scale during the reign of King Edward I and completed in around 1310. By the time of the dissolution it was reported that the monastery was well kept, the community held in high esteem and with a lot of good done for the poor of the area. Nonetheless, it was dissolved in 1538 and granted to Nicholas Giffard who converted the buildings into a mansion.

Nothing now remains except the tomb slab of Abbott de Flore in the vestry of Duston church.