Blackfriars Priory,
Gloucester, dating to 1239.
Was a Dominican House. Dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Scriptorium a particularly rare survival. Restored 1960 & now an events space. Today, I was there for Gloucester History Festival #blackfriars #blackfriarsgloucester #dissolutionofthemonasteries

Stunning Fountains Abbey near Ripon. A Cistercian House, it was founded in 1132. It was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Now in the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk #fountainsabbey #dissolutionofthemonasteries #cistercians

The remains of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire. #beaulieu #abbey #lordmontagu #history #historic #ruins #building #dissolutionofthemonasteries

Stunning Fountains Abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire, one of the largest Cistercian monasteries in England. Founded 1132, it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Its penultimate abbot was hanged for his involvement in the Pilgrimage of Grace #fountainsabbey #abbey #dissolutionofthemonasteries #henryviii

A brooding #BylandAbbey this afternoon #NorthYorkshire
#NorthYorkMoorsNationalPark

Heavy skies to mark the end of a dust-dry summer.

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#Cistercian
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#Tiles

A visit to #CrowlandAbbey (Croyland) today, believed to be the resting place of #HerewardTheWake

Well worth a visit.

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#StGuthlac
#DissolutionOfTheMonasteries
#England
#Lincolnshire
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Surviving ruins of Reading Abbey, founded by Henry I in 1121, give good sense of its importance. A parliament held there during reign of Henry VI. John of Gaunt wed his first wife Blanche of Lancaster there in 1359 #readingabbey #reading #kinghenry #henryi #henryviii #dissolutionofthemonasteries