# Marham Abbey

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{{Short description|Former Cistercian nunnery in Norfolk, England}}
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thumb|300px|The extant remains of Marham Abbey
'''Marham Abbey''' was situated in the village of [Marham](/source/Marham), southeast of [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn), [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk), [England](/source/England). It was founded by [Isabel, Countess of Arundel](/source/Isabel_de_Warenne), in 1249 as a monastery for [Cistercian nuns](/source/Cistercian_nuns) and dedicated to St Mary, St Barbara and St Edmund.

Being of little wealth or status, in 1536 the monastery was in the first wave of closures during the [Dissolution of the Monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries) and was reportedly in considerable disarray, with the inhabitants accused of disreputable behaviour. The site was granted to Sir Nicholas and John Hare, residents of London.

What little remains of the complex is on private land and consists of some stretches of walling of the church, visible from a nearby main road.

== References ==
* Anthony New, ''A Guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales'' (London: Constable, 1985), pp. 256–57.
*{{cite web |title='House of Cistercian nuns: The abbey of Marham', in A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2, ed. William Page |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/norf/vol2/pp369-370 |website=British History Online |publisher=HMSO |access-date=26 October 2024}}

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Category:Cistercian nunneries in England
Category:Monasteries in Norfolk
Category:1249 establishments in England
Category:1536 disestablishments in England
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 1240s

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