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Cistercian Abbeys: BRUERN Name: BRUERN Location: nr Lyneham
County: Oxfordshire This abbey was founded in 1147 by Nicholas Basset,
who was joint sheriff in eleven counties.(1) The
abbey was originally
called ‘the church of St. Mary of the heath of Tretone’
and was colonised by monks from Waverley.
In 1535 there were fifteen monks and the abbey had a net income
of £136.(2) The abbey was
dissolved in October 1536 and its buildings were progressively
destroyed. Today there are no visible remains and the site is
occupied by an
eighteenth-century private house, which takes its name from the
abbey.(3)
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