Basingwerk Abbey
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Basingwerk Abbey is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The abbey, which was founded in the 12th century, belonged to the Order of Cistercians. It maintained significant la
Remains of Basingwerk Abbey
Basingwerk Abbey (1845) from the southwest
Basingwerk Abbey. A miniature by Moses Griffiths, c.1778
Basingwerk Priory
Congregation of Savigny
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The monastic Congregation of Savigny started in the abbey of Savigny, situated in northern France, on the confines of Normandy and Brittany, in the Diocese of Coutances. It originated in 1105 when Vit
Basingwerk Abbey
…the abbey was not at the current location at Greenfields but at the nearby Hen Blas. The abbey became part of the Cistercian Order in 1147, when the Savignac Order merged with the Cistercians. It was a daughter house of Combermere Abbey in Cheshire, of which Earl Ranulf was a great benefactor. However, in 1147 the…
Savigny Abbey
Furness Abbey, England
Buckfast Abbey, 2013