Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness, is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates back to 1123...
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Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness with Furness Abbey, now on the outskirts of the town, controlling the local economy...
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the new unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. The Furness Peninsula, also known as Low Furness, is an area of villages, agricultural land and...
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Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, England (1135 Savigny) Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire, England (1135 Furness) Calder Abbey, Cumbria, England (1143 Furness) Cleeve...
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Abbey House on Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England is a Neo-Elizabethan H-plan mansion designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1914...
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Scottish raid forced them to return to Furness. However, they were refused re-entry, possibly due to lack of space at Furness or because their abbot, Gerald,...
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(1200 Tintern Abbey (Tintern Major)) Tracton Abbey, County Cork (1224 Whitland Abbey) Beaubec Abbey, County Meath (Unknown Furness Abbey) †Note: The Savigniac...
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which he purportedly cast out of Ireland. He was a monk of Furness Abbey (now in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria), and translated or adapted Celtic hagiographical...
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Dalton-in-Furness is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, 4 miles (6 km) north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Along with the rest of the Furness peninsula...
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survives as The Abbey Tavern, standing in Abbey Approach, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, to the north of the remains of Furness Abbey. The current...
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Piel Island (category Islands of Furness)
the southern tip of the Furness peninsula in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It is one of the Islands of Furness, three of which sit near...
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district include the Cumbrian Coast (the line terminate at Barrow-in-Furness), Furness (to Lancaster) and Lakes (which runs through Kendal). Roads through...
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Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland. Cumbria was created in 1974 from the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, the Furness area of Lancashire...
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abbey on 10 January 1134, and gave a site and a mill to the monks. It was a wooden building and occupied by twelve Savigniac monks from Furness Abbey...
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St. Mary of Furness could refer to the following: Furness Abbey, a cistercian monastery formally known as St. Mary of Furness on the outskirts of Barrow-in-Furness...
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Armathwaite Arnaby, Arnside, Arrad Foot, Arthuret, Asby Ashgill, Askam-in-Furness, Askham, Askerton Aspatria, Aughertree, Ayside Backbarrow, Baggrow, Baldwinholme...
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Dalton Castle, Cumbria (category Dalton-in-Furness)
situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection...
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sub-divided by district. Cumbria portal Listed buildings in Barrow-in-Furness Grade II* listed buildings in Cumbria The date given is the date used by...
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Nunnery Calder Abbey CARLISLE (see below) Cartmel Priory Chapel-le-Wood Cell Conishead Priory Dacre Abbey (prob. site) Furness Abbey Hawkshead Grange...
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member. The Congregation founded daughter-houses such as that at Furness Abbey and Calder Abbey, both in Cumbria, England. In 1119, Pope Celestine II, then...
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Esk and Duddon. Grazing and hunting rights were given to the monks of Furness Abbey by the Lords of Millom in the 13th century, which they held until the...
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Michelland) in Furness, that is to say a moiety of the manor of Furness which had its caput at Aldingham. Muchland was held from the Abbot of Furness Abbey, who...
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Count of Boulogne and Mortain, to Furness Abbey in 1127. The possible connection of William's father Gilbert to Furness will be discussed further below...
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unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Coniston Water is situated within Furness, part of the North Lonsdale exclave...
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Savigny Abbey, Furness Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey, Calder Abbey, Melrose Abbey, and Holme Cultram Abbey. Grant of land at Rushen to Furness Abbey by King Olaf...
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Furness is a peninsula in the southern part of Cumbria, in north-west England. Furness may also refer to: Furness Abbey, a former monastery in Barrow-in-Furness...
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Cistercians (redirect from Cistercian Abbey)
insistence of Eugene III. Thirteen English abbeys, of which the most famous were Furness Abbey and Jervaulx Abbey, thus adopted the Cistercian formula. In...
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12th-century Furness Abbey and Market Street, the Medieval centre of Dalton-in-Furness. The oldest listed building in Barrow is Furness Abbey, dated 1127...
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Furness Abbey is a former railway station in the Barrow-in-Furness area of the Furness Peninsula, England. Furness Abbey Station was situated to the north...
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History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2. Retrieved 2 March 2018. "Furness Abbey – Information for Teachers" (PDF). English Heritage. Retrieved 24 January...
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