Ballasalla
Sign in to saveBallasalla () is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man. The village is situated close to the Isle of Man Airport and north-east of the town of Castletown.
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Key facts
- UK place.crown_dependency
- Isle of Man
- UK place.official_name
- Ballasalla
- UK place.manx_name
- Balley Sallagh
- UK place.manx_parish
- Malew
- UK place.manx_sheading
- Rushen
- UK place.constituency_manx_parliament
- Malew and Santon
- UK place.post_town
- ISLE OF MAN
- UK place.postcode_district
- IM9
- UK place.postcode_area
- IM
- UK place.dial_code
- 01624
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Man
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SC280699
- UK place.static_image_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Located in
- Isle of Man
- Image
- Ballasalla.jpg
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Ballasalla () is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man. The village is situated close to the Isle of Man Airport and north-east of the town of Castletown.
== History == Ballasalla grew up around nearby Rushen Abbey. The abbey was originally for monks of the Congregation of Savigny, but later came under Cistercian control. The abbey was an important centre of knowledge and literacy on the Isle of Man and also of economic importance to the local area as it was also the site of a major annual market. After the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII, the abbey was dissolved, fell into disrepair and was eventually ruined. Much of stonework from the original abbey structures were used in the construction of new buildings for the village of Ballasalla in the following centuries.