Basingwerk Abbey

Basingwerk Abbey Abaty Dinas Basing
Remains of Basingwerk Abbey
Basic information
Location	Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
Affiliation	Catholicism, Cistercians
Country	United Kingdom
Year consecrated	1132
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	ruins
Architectural description
Architect(s)	unknown
Architectural type	Monastery
Architectural style	Cistercian

Basingwerk Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Dinas Basing) is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians. It maintained significant lands in the English county of Derbyshire. The abbey was abandoned and its assets sold following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.

The site is now managed by Cadw - the national Welsh heritage agency.

The abbey was founded in 1132 by Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, who had already brought Benedictine monks from Savigny Abbey in southern Normandy. The abbey became part of the Cistercian Order in 1147. It was a daughter house of Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire. An Earl of Chester gave the manor of West Kirby to the Abbey.

The abbey had extensive links with the English county of Derbyshire. Henry II gave the monks a manor near Glossop. The Monks' Road and the Abbot's Chair in the town are a reminder of the Abbey's efforts to administer their possession. In 1290 the Abbey gained a market charter for Glossop. The monks also got another charter for nearby Charlesworth in 1328.