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Turvey Abbey Today
Turvey Abbey is now owned by the Order of Saint Benedict.
It consists of the Priory of Our Lady of Peace (the nuns) and the Monastery of Christ Our Saviour (the monks).
The Abbey grounds are 100 acres of woodland, much of which is crossed by public footpaths.
Recent Funerals and Scatterings at the Abbey
|
Name |
Born |
Died |
Funeral |
Burial |
|
Barbara Mary Dalton |
1932 |
1983 |
|
|
|
Dom Edmund Jones |
3/8/1919 |
6/4/1985 |
16/4/1985 |
1985 |
|
Sis. Mechtilde Wainwright |
10/2/1899 |
14/8/1988 |
18/8/1988 |
1988 |
|
Frederick William Hardimont |
20/10/1893 |
28/10/1993 |
Dec 1993 |
|
|
Sister Magdalene Kennedy |
9/7/1900 |
21/6/1994 |
27/6/1994 |
1994 |
|
John Hurst |
1920 |
26/1/1996 |
|
Scattered 19/5/1996 |
|
Graham Oates |
10/4/1943 |
10/2/1997 |
|
Half scattered 10/4/1997 |
|
Mother Lucia Artorissen |
30/04/1911 |
27/2/1998 |
9/3/1998 |
15/8/1998 |
|
Dr Terence Eric Loar |
12/2/1929 |
24/8/2000 |
4/9/2000 |
7/9/2000 |
In 1980 Dom Edmund Jones founded the Monastery of Christ our Saviour within the Abbey.
Today the Abbey is also the home of The Turvey Institute. The nuns produce beautiful embroideries and garments with a religious theme. They have also published a number of books of devotional writing.