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Churches, Cathedrals & Abbeys

Gisborough Priory is a ruined former Augustinian priory which was founded in 1119 as the Priory of St. Mary by Robert de Brus.
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The Franciscan friary at Gloucester was founded in 1231. The priory ruins are from the late 16th century.
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Boxgrove Priory was founded around 1066 by Robert de Haye, who in 1105 bestowed the church upon the Benedictine Abbey of Lessay.
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Founded by William Bertram in the reign of Henry I the church of the Augustinian priory of Brinkburn survives completely roofed and restored
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Founded by Roger de Clinton in 1135 Buildwas Abbey is one of the best preserved 12th century examples of a Cistercian church in Britain.
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Byland Abbey was founded as a Savigniac abbey in 1135 and was absorbed by the Cistercian order in 1147.
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Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux around 1169, to house Augustinian Canons.
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Langley Chapel is a 17th century Anglican parish church which still has a complete set of original 17th century wooden furniture.
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lesiton Abbey was built in 1363 by Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk.
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Wenlock Priory is a ruined 12th century monastery. The foundation was a part of the Cluniac order, which was founded between 1079 and 1082.
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Wetheral Priory Gatehouse is almost all that remains of the grand buildings of the Benedictine Wetheral Priory in Cumbria.
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The site of Creake Abbey, was originally occupied by an almshouse for the poor, and was founded by the Augustinians in the 12th century.
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Used as a barn for the last 3 centuries, St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury is a Mediaeval former chapel next to the manor house in of Chisbury.
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In 1043, Edward the Confessor founded a Christchurch Castle & monastery probably on the site of an earlier Saxon church.
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The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a medieval almshouse founded in the early 12th century.
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The building of Norwich Cathedral began in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream coloured Caen limestone.
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Castle Acre Priory is believed to have been founded in 1089 by William de Warenne the son the 1st Earl of Surrey.
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