White Abbey
| White Abbey TOWNLAND | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
 Terraced houses in Whiteabbey in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 54°40’27"N, 5°53’58"W |
| Grid reference: | J350820 |
| Data | |
White Abbey is a townland of 406 acres in County Antrim, north of Belfast. The shoreline village in the townland bears the same name but with a minor stylistic change: it is named Whiteabbey. The village was established within the townland of White Abbey in the late 1800s.
White Abbey is part of the parish of Carnmoney and the Barony of Belfast Lower.[1]
History
White Abbey's name is derived from a Roman Catholic Premonstratensian abbey which existed in the area in the Middle Ages; the monks are said to have worn white robes. All traces of the abbey are now gone although the site, in a field beside the grounds of Whiteabbey Hospital at Doagh Road, remains undeveloped. It can be viewed from the adjacent Abbots Cross Garden Village. The site of the Premonstratensian Abbey (J34978198) is designated as a Scheduled Historic Monument.[2]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Whiteabbey". http://www.logainm.ie/en/. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ Whiteabbey - Scheduled Historic Monuments (Northern Ireland Environment Agency)