The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
Introduction
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The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 22 Aug 2011
Following a grant of land in 1165, an abbey was founded here by Premonstratensian monks (who wore white habits); they were given more land in 1214, at which point the abbey was called Blanchland. After the Reformation, the property came into the hands of the Forster family. In 1699 a Dorothy Forster married Lord Crewe, the Bishop of Durham. She later inherited half of the Forster estates; Lord Crewe subsequently bought the rest, and on his death in 1721 left the estates to trustees who rebuilt the village and the abbey’s church. See also Image photographed by Trish Steel.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.848142
Longitude
-2.05471