Delapré Abbey
Delapré Abbey – the south facade | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Abbey of St Mary de la Pré The Abbey of St Mary in the Meadow |
| Order | Cluniac Nuns |
| Established | c. 1145 |
| Disestablished | 1538 |
| Mother house | Abbey of Cluny |
| Dedicated to | St Mary de la Pré, Sancta Maria de pratis, St Mary in the Meadows |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Simon de Senlis, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton |
| Site | |
| Location | Hardingstone (extreme north of the parish), Northampton |
| Coordinates | 52°13′29″N 0°53′22″W / 52.2247°N 0.8895°W |
| Grid reference | SP759592 |
| Visible remains | None |
| Public access | Yes |
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Delapré Abbey is a neo-classical mansion in Northampton, England.
The mansion and outbuildings incorporate remains of a former monastery, the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré (the suffix meaning "in or of the Meadow"), near the River Nene 1 mile (1.6 km) south south-east of the centre of Northampton. It was founded as a nunnery about the year 1145 devoted to the congregation of the major Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy, France. Locally the name has the pronunciation 'Della-pree'.
The Abbey's expansive sloping grounds are a nationally protected Wars of the Roses battlefield, as a one-time site of the advance of the Yorkists during the Battle of Northampton (1460).