The Dissolution and Beyond
The abbey was dissolved in 1538, with the abbot and eighteen canons in residence.
A private house on the site contains elements of a monastic building, probably part of the former guest house once used for wealthy visitors to the abbey. Otherwise, there are no visible remains.
There is a catholic priest who holds the title Abbot of Croxton Abbey. He is known as a "Titular Abbot" — one who holds the title of a suppressed or destroyed abbey.
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“From low to high doth dissolution climb,
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