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Furness Abbey, Barrow In Furness, Cumbria
| View from the nave to the east showing the crossing and transcept walls. St Mary of Furness was founded in 1123 by Stephen who became King of England. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Battle Abbey, Gatehouse, Battle, East Sussex
| A view of the exterior of the 13th-century gateway to the Abbey. The building on the left was added in the 16th-century probably by Sir Anthony Browne; that to the right is 12th-century and was the porters lodge. This propety is now in the care of English Heriage (2010).
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Battle Abbey, Battle, East Sussex
| The foundations of the 12th-century chapter house with the parlour and dormitory extending down the slope. The Benedictine Abbey was founded by William the Conqueror on the site of the Battle of Hastings. This property is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire
| A view of the Abbey from the east. The first monastery here was founded in AD 657 by King Oswy of Northumbria. In 1078 the abbey was re-established by Reinfrid, one of William the Conqueror’s knights who had become a monk. It was a Benedictine Abbey. The present ruined buildings were begun in about 1220 in the Early English style of Gothic. The abbey was dissolved on 14 December 1539 when there were twenty two monks and domestic staff in residence. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Rievaulx Abbey, Rievaulx, Ryedale, North Yorkshire
| The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, looking towards the chancel of the 13th-century monastery church. Rievaulx Abbey was once one of the foremost Cistercian monasteries in Britain and was founded in a remote valley in the Yorkshire Wolds. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Byland Abbey, Byland, North Yorkshire
| An aerial view of the ruins of Byland Abbey under a blanket of snow on the North Yorkshire Moors. The Cistercian community of 36 monks and 100 lay brothers moved to this site in 1177 and lived here until the Abbey's dissolution in 1539. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire
| The first monastery here was founded in AD 657 by King Oswy of Northumbria. It was an Anglo-Saxon style 'double monastery' for men and women. Its first ruler was the formidable royal princess Abbess Hild. In 1078 the abbey was re-established by Reinfrid, one of William the Conqueror’s knights who had become a monk. It was a Benedictine Abbey. The present ruined buildings were begun in about 1220 in the Early English style of Gothic. The abbey was dissolved on 14 December 1539 when there were twenty two monks and domestic staff in residence.This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Hailes Abbey, Stanway, Gloucestershire
| The Cistercian abbey of Hailes was founded in 1245 by Richard, Earl of Cornwall. He founded it in thanksgiving for surviving a shipwreck. The abbey church was built by 1277. The abbey had extensive and elaborate buildings, financed by pilgrims visiting its renowned relic, 'the Holy Blood of Hailes' - allegedly a phial of Christ's own blood. Following its dissolution in 1539 by Henry VIII, the abbey was sold to a dealer in monastic properties, soon after which the church was demolished. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).
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Market Square, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
| A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins. The abbey was the setting for man's first flight attempt in the form of a monk named Elmer who threw himself from the abbey tower and subsequently broke both his legs in c. 1000.
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Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
| A Benedictine Abbey. The church was founded around 637, the present building mostly dates from around 1160-80 . A monastery was founded during the abbacy of Aldhelm (c675-705).
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Fountains Abbey, Fountains, North Yorkshire
| Fountains Abbey was founded in the 1130s as a Cistercian monastery. The monastic church and the west range which housed the lay brothers' dormintory and refectory are seen here, with a corner of the East Guest House in the foreground.
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Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire
| An aerial view of Fountains Abbey. The Cistercian monastery was founded in 1132 and was abandoned in 1540 during the English Reformation. The grounds surrounding the ruin were landscaped during the 18th century.
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Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
| By tradition the oldest monastic foundation in England, believed to contain the burial place of King Arthur. The standing remains belong to the great abbey church rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1184.
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