• Source: Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.




Geography


A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.




Population






Places of interest



The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century.
twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.)
Ancient wood-framed houses.
Manoir de l'Aumônerie, the thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.




People


Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833
Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here.
The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989
Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey




Twin towns


Hurstpierpoint, England




See also


Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
Communes of the Seine-Maritime department




References






Bibliography


Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair à l'aube du XXe siècle, Duclair, 1986 ISBN 2-9501653-0-3
Gilbert Fromager, Le Canton de Duclair 1925-1950, Duclair, 1993 ISBN 2-9501653-1-1
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Seine-Maritime, tome 1, éditions Flohic, 1997 ISBN 2-84234-017-5




External links



Article and photos of the abbey of Boscherville (in French)
The abbey at the Circulo Romanico

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Seine-Maritime
• Saint-Denis-d'Aclon
• Val-de-la-Haye
• Quiberville
• Le Trait
• Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges
• La Bouille
• Heurteauville
• Jumièges
• Ouville-la-Rivière
• Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
• Saint-Georges
• Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville
• Roncherolles-en-Bray
• Saint Martin de l'If
• Bourville
• Fécamp
• Rouen
• Jumièges
• Dieppe