PLACE NAME Bruton Abbey, Somerset, was founded in about 1127 by William de Mohun, the Earl of Somerset, as a community…
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Place Name This was an addition to the St Helier’s estate being developed on land abutting the railway line sometime…
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Place Name Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John in Northumberland. It was…
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Place Name Blanchland Abbey, in Northumberland, was originally founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II.…
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Place Name Founded near Burnham, in Buckinghamshire, in the mid-13thCentury by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the brother of King Henry…
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Place Name Buckfast Abbey, near Buckfastleigh, in Devon, was founded by either Aethelweard (Aylward), Earldorman of Devon, or King Cnut, as…
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Place Name Unlike most streets on the St Helier’s estate this is not named after a former monastery. This takes…
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Place Name Bordesley Abbey was founded in the 12thCentury near the town of Redditch, in Worcestershire, for a Cistercian order of…
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Place Name Abbotsbury Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in Dorset, in the 11thCentury by King Cnut’s retainer Orc and…
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Place Name Bindon Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, founded near Wool in Dorset, by William de Glastonia in 1149. Despite being given…
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