Wymeswold

Title

Wymeswold

Also Known As

Wimeswould

Dates

Founded 12th c.; dissolved 16th c.

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Medieval Diocese

Circary

History

A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Beauchief. It was granted to that abbey by Robert FitzRanulph in the 12th century.

After the Reformation, the advowson passed to Trinity College, Cambridge. The church was restored in the 1840s by Pugin.

Status

Parish church

Image Credit

St. Mary's, Wymeswold, 2010. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Citation

“Wymeswold,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/825.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Beauchief