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- Abbeys and Priories in Cumbria - A guide to the abbeys and priories in Cumbria. Photographs, brief history and links to official sites.
www.visitcumbria.com/monastry.htm
- Bardney Abbey - An illustrated to the history and remains of this Benedictine abbey from The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, including ground plan and artist's reconstruction.
www.lincsheritage.org/abbeys/bardney/bardney.html
- Bardney Abbey - Brief history and description of the site by Lincolnshire County Council, with archival photographs.
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lccconnect/highways/archaeology/bardney_abbey.htm
- Barlings Abbey - An illustrated guide to the history and remains of this Premonstratensian abbey from The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, including ground plan and artist's reconstruction.
www.lincsheritage.org/abbeys/barlings/barlings.html
- Barlings Abbey - Brief history and description of the site by Lincolnshire County Council. Only a tall section of the wall of the nave still survives above ground, but there are extensive earthworks still visible.
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/lccconnect/highways/archaeology/barlings_abbey.htm
- Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire - The ruins of a 12th-century Augustinian priory, of which only the church nave survives intact, on the estate of the Duke of Devonshire. Small photographs.
www.boltonabbey.com
- Buckfast Abbey, Devon - The official site includes an illustrated history of the medieval monastery refounded in 1882. Sensitive map of the site leads to descriptions of the buildings.
www.buckfast.org.uk
- Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk - Photographs and outline history from a family that likes to visit historic sites.
www.thebournes.demon.co.uk/uk_cacre.htm
- Crowland Abbey - Photograph and brief history from Crowland Online of this Benedictine monastery in the Lincolnshire fenland.
users.breathemail.net/itos/abbey.html
- Dungiven Priory, Northern Ireland - Notes towards a dissertation by Gretta Logue of Queen's University, Belfast. Location plan.
www.angelfire.com/ga/priory
- Farnborough Abbey - The official site provides a history and interactive Virtual Reality tour of this monastery built by the Empress Eugenie to house the tomb of Napoleon III (d.1873).
www.farnboroughabbey.org/homepage.html
- Fountains Abbey - Britain's largest monastic ruin and most complete Cistercian abbey is a World Heritage site. Photographs, outline history and visitor information from the National Trust.
www.fountainsabbey.org.uk
- Furness Abbey - Virtual tour provided by Dalton-in-Furness Online. Ground plan coloured to show dated building phases; photographs and details.
www.dalton-in-furness.org.uk/dalton-online/abbey-tour/index-abbeytour.html
- Glastonbury Abbey - Official web-site, stronger on myth and legend than proven historical fact.
www.glastonburyabbey.com
- Lindisfarne: A Brief History and Virtual Tour - Dr Deborah Vess, Georgia State University, recounts her own spiritual journey to Holy Island as well as the island's history. Includes a pictorial tour of the priory ruins.
www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/medieval/lindis/lindisfarne.shtml
- Margam Abbey - Illustrated history and visitor information on the 12th-century abbey, its church - now parochial - and its museum.
www.cyberstop.co.uk/margamabbey/page2.html
- Medieval English Cathedrals and Churches - Among the subjects of S.H. Shepherd's professional lens are the ruined Cistercian Abbey of Hailes, Gloucestershire and Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. Includes brief histories.
www.smu.edu/~sshepher/med.htm
- Melrose Abbey, Scotland - From a 19th-century series by John Stoddard, this photograph of the ruins with a brief history and romantic description quoted from Sir Walter Scott.
osheamurphy.com/jls/melrose.html
- Michelham Priory - 14th-century gatehouse and the remains of an Augustinian priory incorporated into a Tudor mansion. Photographs, a brief history and visitor information from owners Sussex Archaeological Society.
www.sussexpast.co.uk/mich/mich.htm
- Roche Abbey - A brief history, photograph and visitor information from Rotherham Council.
www.rotherham.gov.uk/pages/tourism/whatto/heritage/abbey.htm
- St. Oswald's Priory, Gloucester - Reconstruction, photograph and history by David Nash Ford from Britannia Internet Magazine.
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/oswdglos.html
- Templar Sites of England and Wales - A database of sites associated with the Knights Templar, including both historical and visitor information.
www.ancientquest.com/templarsites
- Tintern Abbey - Border Discoveries Online supplies a photograph of the ruined church of the 12th-century Cistercian monastery.
www.borderdisc.com/sightsuk/tintern.htm
- Tupholme Abbey - An illustrated guide to the history and remains of this Premonstratensian abbey from The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, including ground plan and artist's reconstruction.
www.lincsheritage.org/abbeys/tupholme/tupholme.html
- Whalley Abbey - A brief history of this Lancashire abbey by its Warden, Canon Geoffrey Williams. The ruins are open to the public.
www.aboutlancs.com/whalley.htm
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