Hesdin

Title

Hesdin

Affiliation

Saint-André-au-Bois

Medieval Diocese

Thérouanne

Circary

Ponthieu

History

The Premonstratensians of Saint-André-au-Bois had a refuge in Hesdin from the mid-16th century. The current building dates to the 1630s.

Status

Refuge

Bibliography

La Charie, M. “Hesdin. Le château. Le refuge de Saint-André.” Bulletin de la Commission départementale des monuments historiques du Pas-de-Calais, Second Series, 7 (1946): 265–72.

Robert, François-Joseph. “Notice historique sur l’ancien refuge de l’abbaye de Saint-André-au-Bois à Hesdin.” Bulletin de la Société des antiquaires de la Morinie 6 (1882): 385–96. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k208443b/f387.item.

Image Credit

Postcard showing the former refuge (on the corner at right), ca. 1910.

Files

Collection

Ponthieu

Citation

“Hesdin,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/1051.

Geolocation

Item Relations

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