Delapré Abbey, or more properly, the Abbey of St Mary de la Pré, the suffix meaning in or of the Meadow, is a neo-classical mansion and outbuildings which incorporates remains of a former monastery in the meadows of the River Nene 1 mile south south-east of Northampton. The latter institution was founded as a nunnery about the year 1145 devoted to the congregation of the great Abbey of Cluny in Burgundy, France. Its expansive sloping grounds are a nationally-protected Wars of the Roses battlefield, as a one-time site of the advance of the Yorkists during the Battle of Northampton .
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