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This is a List of Cistercian monasteries (called abbeys) in Great Britain. The first Cistercian abbey in Great Britain was Waverley Abbey in Surrey, founded in 1128. In the next few years further abbeys were founded in other parts of Britain, notably Yorkshire and in Scotland and Wales.

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List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain

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List of Cistercian monasteries (called abbeys) in Great Britain. The first Cistercian abbey in Great Britain was Waverley Abbey in Surrey, founded in...

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List of Cistercian abbeys in Ireland

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This is a List of Cistercian monasteries (called abbeys) in Ireland. The first abbey built in Ireland was Mellifont Abbey, founded by Saint Malachy, Archbishop...

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Fountains Abbey

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Fountains Abbey east end of church Ruins of the Arches at Fountains Abbey taken in the daytime. Fountains Hall List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain List of monasteries...

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Cistercian architecture

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Cistercian architecture is a style of architecture associated with the churches, monasteries and abbeys of the Roman Catholic Cistercian Order. It was...

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List of monastic houses in Wales

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List of monastic houses in Wales is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Wales. In this article, alien houses...

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Cistercians

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construction of Schönau Abbey. The Cistercian abbeys of Fontenay in France, Fountains in England, Alcobaça in Portugal, Poblet in Spain and Maulbronn in Germany...

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List of monastic houses in England

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in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county. The list is...

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List of Cistercian monasteries

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The Cistercians are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout...

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Jervaulx Abbey

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Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton in North Yorkshire, 14 mi (23 km) north-west of the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire,...

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Beaulieu Abbey

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Beaulieu Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1203–1204 by King John and (uniquely in Britain) populated by 30 monks...

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Abbey

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education to the young. Some abbeys offer accommodation to people who are seeking spiritual retreat. There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean...

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Rievaulx Abbey

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of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, with Fountains Abbey the second only Cistercian house to be built in Yorkshire. Under Aelred the abbey is...

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Melrose Abbey

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Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by...

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List of monastic houses in Scotland

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List of monastic houses in Scotland is a catalogue of the abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses of Scotland. In this article alien...

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Meaux Abbey

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Meaux Abbey (archaic, also referred to as Melsa) was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1151 by William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle (Count of Aumale), Earl...

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Kirkstall Abbey

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Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park...

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Netley Abbey

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(1998), The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, Batsford Ltd, ISBN 978-0-7134-8392-5 Tobin, Stephen (1995), The Cistercians, Monks and Monasteries of Europe, The...

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Holmcultram Abbey

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Listed buildings in Holme Abbey List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches New, Anthony, 1985: A Guide to the Abbeys of...

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Calder Abbey

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moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge. Ranulf de Gernon (also known...

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Tintern Abbey

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first Cistercian foundation in Wales, and only the second in Britain (after Waverley Abbey). The abbey fell into ruin after the Dissolution of the Monasteries...

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Waverley Abbey

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resulting in rebuilding in the 13th century. Despite being the first Cistercian abbey in England, and being motherhouse to several other abbeys, Waverley...

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Woburn Abbey

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Russell of Thornhaugh. Woburn Abbey, comprising Woburn Park and its buildings, was set out and founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1145. The Cistercian community...

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Basingwerk Abbey

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century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians. It maintained significant lands in the English county of Derbyshire. The abbey was abandoned and its assets...

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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

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1907. pp. 166–172. Retrieved 1 May 2008. The Cistercians in Yorkshire : Cistercian Abbeys : Whitland Historic England. "Yeaveley Hospitaller Preceptory...

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Buckfast Abbey

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The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac, later Cistercian, abbey constructed on the site of the current abbey in 1134. The monastery was...

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List of oldest buildings in the United Kingdom

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Cistercian Abbeys: TINTERN, University of Sheffield, Cistercians of Yorkshire Project. Retrieved 2011-11-12. Wellingborough: Churches, A History of the...

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Cleeve Abbey

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is open to the public. Today Cleeve Abbey is one of the best-preserved medieval Cistercian monastic sites in Britain. While the church is no longer standing...

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Byland Abbey

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National Park. It was founded as a Savigniac abbey in January 1135 and was absorbed by the Cistercian order in 1147. It was not an easy start for the community...

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Caldey Abbey

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Caldey Island thrived as a centre of Cistercian activity in the Middle Ages. The current abbey is modern; it was built in 1910 by Anglican Benedictine monks;...

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List of monastic houses in Ireland

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is a list of the abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Ireland. This article provides a gazetteer for the whole of Ireland...

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