Tags: Religious Building.
Newminster Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Northumberland in the north of England. The site is protected by Grade II listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument statusRanulph de Merlay lord of Morpeth and his wife Juliana daughter of Gospatric II Earl of Lothian founded the abbey in 1137 and Saint Robert of Newminster from the Cistercian Fountains Abbey was appointed as the first abbot; he governed from 1138 to 1159.
