Osney Abbey

Osney Cathedral
Engraving of Osney Abbey in 1640
History
Founded	x1541-1545
Dedication	St George
Associated people	Robert D'Oyly
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Oxford
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Robert King (1542–1545)
Dean	John London (1542–1543) Richard Cox (1543–1545)

Osney Abbey or Oseney Abbey, later Osney Cathedral, was a house of Augustinian canons at Osney in Oxfordshire.^[1] The site is south of the modern Botley Road, down Mill Street by Osney Cemetery, next to the railway line just south of Oxford station. It was founded as a priory in 1129, becoming an abbey around 1154. It was dissolved in 1539 but was created a cathedral, the last abbot Robert King becoming the first Bishop of Oxford. The see was transferred to the new foundation of Christ Church in 1545 and the building fell into ruin. It was one of the four renowned monastic houses of medieval Oxford, along with St Frideswide's Priory, Rewley and Godstow.