# Bedford Abbey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bedford_Abbey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bedford_Abbey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Abbey > Source revision: 1328236875 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Bedford Abbey Interactive map of Bedford Abbey Monastery information Order Benedictine/Augustinian Diocese Diocese of Lincoln Site Location Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Coordinates 52°08′07″N 0°28′03″W / 52.1354°N 0.4674°W / 52.1354; -0.4674 **Bedford Abbey** was a short-lived [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) [monastery](/source/Monastery), recorded in 10th-century England. **Bedford Priory**, perhaps representing the same institution two centuries later, was an [Augustinian](/source/Augustinians) [priory](/source/Priory) that within two decades of its foundation moved to nearby [Newnham](/source/Newnham%2C_Bedford). Bedford Abbey existed in the 10th-century, staffed with Benedictine monks when [Oscytel](/source/Oscytel), [Archbishop of York](/source/Archbishop_of_York), died in 971.[1][2]: 30[3]: 147 The archbishop was buried in the abbey, after his body was taken there by its abbot, [Thurcytel](/source/Thurcytel) (who later moved to [Crowland Abbey](/source/Crowland_Abbey)).[2]: 30[3]: 147, 420 Thurcytel is the only known abbot of the monastery.[3]: 30 Its history after this is obscure, and may have evolved into [St Paul's Church](/source/St_Paul's_Church%2C_Bedford) in Bedford, which became an Augustinian priory c. 1166.[2]: 147, 420[3]: 30 Around 1180, the priory moved to Newnham (see [Newnham Priory](/source/Newnham_Priory)).[2]: 147 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Bedford Abbey (360190)"](https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=360190&resourceID=19191). *Research records (formerly PastScape)*. Retrieved 5 October 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MedievalRH_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MedievalRH_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MedievalRH_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-MedievalRH_2-3) Knowles, David; Hadcock, R. Neville, eds. (1971), *Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales* (2nd ed.), London: Longman, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-582-11230-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-582-11230-3) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HeadsRH_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HeadsRH_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-HeadsRH_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-HeadsRH_3-3) Knowles, David; Brooke, C. N. L.; London, C. M, eds. 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