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Also known as Croyland or Criwland Abbey, originally a Saxon setttlement dating from the late 7th Century on an island in the Fens and refounded as a Benedictine Abbey in tyhe 11th Century. At its peak it housed 36 choir monks and was well endowed. Despite sending lavish gifts to Cromwell the Abbey was dissolved in December 1539. Only the North Aisle remains, saved as a parish church. The nave, chancel and all monastic buildngs were razed very quickly with much of the stone used build houses in the village; not even the remains of the abbey at foundation level have survived.