SYON ABBEY SOCIETY RESOURCES
Research Guide
Our Research Guide is a working list of printed resources organized into sections to provide guidance to those familiar and unfamiliar with the topic.
This list gather information on surviving manuscripts and printed books housed at Syon Abbey before the Dissolution. This includes the shelfmark, date, ownership, connection to the Syon house, contents and references. See the SARA list below for a more up-to-date and comprehensive list of surviving books and manuscripts.
Archaeological Evidence
This page explores some of the archaeological excavations done at Syon Abbey and their findings.
SYON ABBEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (SARA) RESOURCES
SARA Bibliography
SARA (Syon Abbey Research Associates) has compiled an extensive list of resources to aid in the study of Syon Abbey. This work includes a bibliography with numerous annotations, a list of web resources and specific works on the archaeology and architecture of Syon.
For more information on SARA, please email John Adams.
Extant Manuscripts and Books of Syon Abbey February 2016
This list gather information on surviving manuscripts and printed books housed at Syon Abbey before the Dissolution. This includes the shelfmark, date, ownership, connection to the Syon house, contents and references.
Syon Abbey Healthcare and Medical Books 8 Jan 2016
A list of healthcare and medical books associated with Syon.
Information on Abbess Agnes Jordan and other sisters, post-dissolution.
Thomas Betson X Manadata Ten Commandments
A transcription of part of Betson’s notebook.
AMDG
Would you know where can I get hold of some of the Brigittine prayers or hymns in English (especially the Laus Mariae) for the use of people interested in our work? Many thanks.
In Christo