Lonlay-Le-Tesson

Title

Lonlay-Le-Tesson

Also Known As

Lonlai-Le-Tesson, Lonleium

Dates

Founded by 14th c.

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Medieval Diocese

History

A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Ardenne by the early 14th century.

Heads of Community

Parish Priests

Robert, fl. 1300
Guillaume, fl. early 14th c.
Nicolas de La Forêt, fl. 1330s

Status

Parish church

Archival Sources

Alençon, Archives départementales de l'Orne

H 6

Flers, Médiathèque de Flers


MS 6 (G 101)

Bibliography

Contades, Gérard de. “Chartes relatives à la donation des dîmes de Lonlay-le-Tesson.” In Notice sur la commune de Lonlay-le-Tesson, 243–45. Le Mans: Librarie Ed. Monnoyer, 1881. http://www.odile-halbert.com/Paroisse/normand/Lonlay/Lonlay-Tesson_Contades.pdf.

Image Credit

Postcard of Lonlay-le-Tesson, ca. 1910.

Files

Collection

Citation

“Lonlay-Le-Tesson,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/801.

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