Abbeys in England

Fountains Abbey in the town of Ripon, in the county of North Yorkshire
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Furness Abbey in the town of Barrow in Furness, in the county of Cumbria
St Mary of Furness was founded in 1123 by Stephen, later King of England.
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Glastonbury Abbey in the town of Glastonbury, in the county of Somerset
This is believed to be the site of the oldest Christian Church in the world, for centuries it has been the focus of Christian...
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Hailes Abbey in the town of Winchcombe, in the county of Gloucestershire
Hailes Abbey occupies a lovely site and as you look at the remains of the dramatic cloister arches you get some idea of just how...
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Haughmond Abbey in the town of Shrewsbury, in the county of Shropshire
These magnificent remains of an Augustinian Abbey founded by William Fitzalan in about 1135, occupy a beautiful setting in the...
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Hexham Abbey in the town of Hexham, in the county of Northumberland
Hexham Abbey is a refoundation of a church which stood on this spot in the year 675, it survived until 821, later the town was...
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Holme Cultram Abbey in the town of Abbey Town, in the county of Cumbria
This was a Cistercian foundation of the 12th century of which the nave is now the parish Church of St.Mary, and although the...
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Kirkstall Abbey in the town of Kirkstall, in the county of West Yorkshire
Kirkstall Abbey is one of Yorkshire's finest ruined Cistercian abbey's. It was founded in the 12th-century from which much of...
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Lacock Abbey in the town of Lacock, in the county of Wiltshire
Lacock is one of the most beautiful villages in England, with houses dating from the 15th-century to the 18th-century. At the...
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Leiston Abbey in the town of Leiston, in the county of Suffolk
These are the evocative remains of an abbey founded when the order of the land was God first, followed by King and country. The...
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Lindisfarne Abbey in the town of Lindisfarne, in the county of Northumberland
The strange, mystic atmosphere of Lindisfarne remains evocative of the time when holy men trod its shores rather than the birds...
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Malmesbury Abbey in the town of Malmesbury, in the county of Wiltshire
Malmesbury Abbey is built on the site of a former Saxon monastery of AD700, by the 12th-century it was an important Benedictine...
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Netley Abbey in the town of Netley, in the county of Hampshire
Netley Abbey Ruins , Hampshire
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Newstead Abbey in the town of Ravenshead, in the county of Nottinghamshire
A beautiful historic house set in a glorious landscape of gardens and parkland within the heart of Nottinghamshire, England....
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Pershore Abbey in the town of Pershore, in the county of Worcestershire
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Quarr Abbey in the town of Quarr Hill, in the county of Isle of Wight
The ruins of Quarr Abbey can be found close to the entrance of Wooten Creek, a pretty waterway used by small fishing boats and...
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Rievaulx Abbey in the town of Helmsley, in the county of North Yorkshire
Rievaulx Abbey is situated on 15 acres in the valley of Rye approximately 3 miles from Helmsley in Northern Yorkshire and was...
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Roche Abbey in the town of Maltby, in the county of South Yorkshire
The evocative remains of Roche Abbey rising from a landscape laid out by Capability Brown present an awe-inspiring sight,...
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Romsey Abbey in the town of Romsey, in the county of Hampshire
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Rufford Abbey in the town of Ollerton, in the county of Nottinghamshire
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