Croxton Abbey
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Croxton Abbey, near Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, was a Premonstratensian monastery founded by William I, Count of Boulogne.
Croxton Kerrial
15th-century sisters. Detail of one of the poppy-head bench ends in St Botolph and St John the Baptist's church showing the faces of two women, thought to be sisters from Waltham who were generous benefactors of Croxton Abbey.
Blanchland Abbey
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Blanchland Abbey at Blanchland, in the English county of Northumberland, was founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II, and was a daughter house of Croxton Abbey in Leiceste
Croxton Abbey
…donated the manor of Waltham-on-the-Wolds in Leicestershire, to the abbey. For a short time the abbey also controlled several daughter houses: acquiring Blanchland Priory in Northumberland, Cockersand Priory in Lancashire, and Hornby Priory in Lancashire. Cockersand was only under the Abbey's control for around 8 years…
Blanchland Abbey
Premonstratension monk in abbey church