Meaux Abbey

Meaux Abbey was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1151 by William [le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle], Earl of York and 4th Lord of Holderness, near Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
A chronicle of its history, Chronica Monasterii de Melsa, was written in about 1388 by Thomas Burton, the Bursar. The abbey owned the land of Wyke, which was purchased from it by King Edward I of England in 1293 to establish the town of Kingston upon Hull.
The abbey was closed in 1539 by King Henry VIII. It was demolished, and the stones were used to build defences for Kingston upon Hull.
The site of the abbey is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.