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information Order Benedictine Established 666 refounded: 964
Disestablished 1537 Dedicated to St Peter Founder(s) Saint
Erkenwald Important associated figures King Frithuwald of Surrey
King Henry VI Location Chertsey, Surrey, England Coordinates
51°23′42″N 0°30′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.3950°N 0.5031°W﻿ / 51.3950;
-0.5031Coordinates: 51°23′42″N 0°30′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.3950°N 0.5031°W﻿
/ 51.3950; -0.5031 Visible remains Yes Public access Yes
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine
monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.
It was founded by Saint Erkenwald, later Bishop of London, in
666 AD and he became the first abbot. Most of north-west Surrey
was granted to the abbey by King Frithuwald of Surrey. In the
9th century it was sacked by the Danes and refounded from
Abingdon Abbey by King Edgar of England in 964. I