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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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data-file-height="3024" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Oulton Abbey, <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">1624, 1853-2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded at</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a> Abbey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_religious_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic religious order">Catholic religious order</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Main organ</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.benedictines-cib.org/">Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum</a> (CIB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organization</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>St Mary's Abbey, Oulton</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/Benedictine" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> convent located in the village of <a href="/wiki/Oulton,_Stone_Rural" title="Oulton, Stone Rural">Oulton</a> near <a href="/wiki/Stone,_Staffordshire" title="Stone, Staffordshire">Stone</a> in <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. The Abbey church is Grade II* listed,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other buildings are Grade II. The Benedictine community was founded in 1624 in <a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a>, from a motherhouse established in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> in 1598 by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Percy,_abbess" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Percy, abbess">Lady Mary Percy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1794 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> the nuns were forced to flee to England, settling initially in <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, moving in 1811 to <a href="/wiki/Caverswall_Castle" title="Caverswall Castle">Caverswall Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke_on_Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke on Trent">Stoke on Trent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oulton_Abbey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oulton House was built in 1720 by solicitor Thomas Dent,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and gradually extended. It was purchased by brewer John Joule in 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1850s it was in use as a private asylum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oulton_community">Oulton community</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oulton_Abbey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Oulton community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1853 the sisters purchased Oulton House and grounds.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They commissioned <a href="/wiki/Edward_Welby_Pugin" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Welby Pugin">Edward Welby Pugin</a> to adapt the house and build a church. A chapter house, presbytery and sacristy were added in 1892. In 1925 a chapel dedicated to St Benedict was built between the chapter house and the sanctuary, to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oulton_Abbey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sisters operated a small boarding school at the Abbey until 1969, after which the school building was converted into a retreat centre for up to twenty-four retreatants. This continued until 1989 when the main building was converted again, for adult nursing care. Three Oulton nuns transferred to <a href="/wiki/Kylemore_Abbey" title="Kylemore Abbey">Kylemore Abbey</a> in Ireland in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002 the Benedictine community from <a href="/wiki/Fernham" title="Fernham">Fernham</a> Priory, Oxfordshire, closed their house and many members moved into Oulton Abbey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_governance">Community governance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oulton_Abbey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Community governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Abbey community was under the charge of an Abbess (superior) who was elected by the community members and held the position for life. Since 1624 there have been 22 Abbesses. Recent superiors are listed below: </p> <ol start="17"> <li>Dame Juliana Forster (1837–1869) – Brought the community to Oulton and oversaw the building of the church</li> <li>Dame Mary Catherine Beech (1869–1899) – Oversaw the extensions and remodelling of Oulton House</li> <li>Dame Laurentia Ward (1900–1921) – The daughter of <a href="/wiki/William_George_Ward" title="William George Ward">William George Ward</a></li> <li>Dame Gertrude Beech (1921–1944) – Extended the church with the new chapel</li> <li>Dame Mary Agnes Spray (1944–1988) – Oversaw the closure of the school and the opening of the retreat house</li> <li>Dame Mary Benedicta Scott (1988–2019) – Oversaw the opening of the nursing home and the closure of the Abbey</li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Abbey_today">The Abbey today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oulton_Abbey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Abbey today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new building was erected as a nursing home in the Abbey grounds in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A nursery school also operates within the grounds. By 2019, with just three nuns remaining in the community, the decision was taken to close the monastic community at the Abbey, with the remaining nuns joining <a href="/wiki/Stanbrook_Abbey" title="Stanbrook Abbey">Stanbrook Abbey</a> in North Yorkshire. Only the last superior, Dame Benedicta Scott, remained at Oulton as a resident of the nursing home, until her passing in March 2024. 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