Ruins of St Leonard's Hospital, Denwick, Northumberland

These are the ruins of a Medieval hospital. It was probably built by Eustace de Vescy between 1193 and 1216. It was for the poor, aged and sick. It was an independent hospital until 1376 when it was annexed by the Premonstratensian Alnwick Abbey. It is last mentioned in 1457. It had probably fallen into decay before the Reformation in the 1530s.

Location

Northumberland Denwick

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

Tags

hospital welfare religion faith monastery medieval (1066 - 1484)