Painsthorpe Abbey Explained

54.015°N -0.761°WPainsthorpe Abbey was a short-lived monastery of the Anglican Order of St. Benedict. It was established in 1902 at Painsthorpe in the East Riding of Yorkshire by Aelred Carlyle, a friend of Charles Chapman Grafton, Episcopal Bishop of Fond du Lac and an inspiration for Alfred Hope Patten. In 1906 the monks left Yorkshire for Caldey Abbey in Wales. A brick chapel had been added to Painsthorpe Hall which served as the monastery.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rene Kollar. Travels in America: Aelred Carlyle, His American "Allies," and Anglican Benedictine Monasticism.
  2. Book: Peter F. Anson. The Hermit of Cat Island. P. J. Kenedy & Sons. New York. 1957.