Marham Abbey was situated in the village of Marham, southeast of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. It was founded by Isabel, Countess of Arundel, in 1249 as a monastery for 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 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.

Marham Abbey

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.

Marham Abbey

References

Anthony New, A Guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales (London: Constable, 1985), pp. 256–57.

Marham Abbey

Cistercian nunneries in England

Monasteries in Norfolk

1249 establishments in England

1536 disestablishments in England

Christian monasteries established in the 13th century