Sibton Abbey
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Sibton Abbey, an early Cistercian abbey located near Yoxford, Suffolk, was founded about 1150 by William de Chesney, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. A sister house of Warden Abbey, near Bedford, Bedfordshire, Sibton Abbey was the only Cistercian abbey in East Anglia. It was dissolved in 1536.
Remains of Sibton Abbey, etching by Henry Davy, 1827.
A general view of Sibton Abbey ruins from the south-west
Ruins of Sibton Abbey's Refectory, looking east
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, who pressed for the dissolution of Sibton Abbey
Wardon Abbey
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Wardon or Warden Abbey, Bedfordshire, was one of the senior Cistercian houses of England, founded about 1135 from Rievaulx Abbey.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Wardon Abbey
Reconstructed tiled flooring
Face tile from a life size figure
Two lions