Preston Patrick

Title

Preston Patrick

Dates

Founded ca. 1191; moved ca. 1200

Dedication

Mary Magdalene

Affiliation

Shap

Medieval Diocese

York

History

Thomas, son of Gospatric, founded a house of Premonstratensian canons at Preston Patrick in about 1191. Approximately a decade later, the community moved to Shap.

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Oxford, Bodleian Library

MS Dodsworth 61, fol. 90 (17th c. copy; foundation charter)

Bibliography

Hawkins, Harry. “The Premonstratensian House Of Canons At Preston Patrick.” Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 12 (2012): 107–22. https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-2055-1/dissemination/pdf/Article_Level_Pdf/tcwaas/003/2012/vol12/tcwaas_003_2012_vol12_0011.pdf.

Lucas, Peter. Thomas Son of Gospatric and the Premonstratensian Canons of Preston Patrick & the Nature of Shap Abbey’s Link with the Westmorland Township After c.1201 to 1540. Kendal: PJYL Publishing, 2014.

Files

Collection

Northern England

Citation

“Preston Patrick,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/166.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Shap