Handbury
Community ID:
1795
Alternate Names:
Hanbury, Hehanburge, Heamburg, Hamburg
Region:
2Y
Corporate Status:
Abbey
Date Founded:
680 (circa)
Date Terminated:
800-899 (9th century)
Foundation Information:
Founded by Saint Werburgh and her uncle, King Ethelred of Mercia, along with
Threekingham and Weedon
Notable Heads:
Werburgh, formerly a nun at Ely, was buried here
Incorporated By:
According to Dugdale, Handbury was incorporated by the Benedictine Abbey of Chester. Chester (Early Foundation)
Secondary Sources:
Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, p. 474; Veiled Women, vol. 1, 25;
The Victoria History of the County of Stafford3:135 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=37837&strquery=Hanbury"> [Victoria County History]
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 3
Destroyed Monastery of Hehanburge, or Handbury, in Staffordshire
Contributors:
Bruce L. Venarde
Contributors Notes:
More research needed on Saint Werburgh and her foundations of Hanbury, Threekingham, and Wedon
Date Started:
680
Date Finished:
800
Length:
313
