Turvey Abbey Today

Turvey Abbey is now owned by the Order of Saint Benedict.

It consists of the Priory of Our Lady of Peace (the nuns) and the Monastery of Christ Our Saviour (the monks).

Recent Funerals and Scatterings at the Abbey

Name     BornDied     Funeral      Burial

Barbara Mary Dalton19321983

Dom Edmund Jones3/8/19196/4/1985 16/4/19851985

Sis. Mechtilde Wainwright    10/2/1899      14/8/198818/8/19881899

Frederick William Hardimont 20/10/1993    28/10/1993Dec 1993

Sister Magdalene Kennedy     9/7/1900       21/6/199427/6/19941994

John Hust         1920    26/1/1996     scattered 19/5/1996

Graham Oates      10/4/1943       10/2/1997   half scattered 10/4/1997

Mother Lucia Artorissen30/4/1911       27/2/19989/3/1998     15/8/1998

Dr Terence Eric Loar    12/2/1929        24/8/20004/9/2000       7/9/2000

Today the Abbey is also the home of The Turvey Institute.  The nuns produce beautiful embroideries and garments with a religious theme.  They have also published a number of books of devotional writing.

The Abbey grounds are 100 acres of woodland, much of which is crossed by public footpaths.

In 1980 Dom Edmund Jones founded the Monastry of Christ our Saviour within the Abbey.