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    Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for...
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    early archaeologist who came to Devon as Chaplain to the Cary family at Torre Abbey in 1822. In 1825, 1826 and 1829, he investigated the prehistoric remains...
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    Torquay (redirect from Torre, Torquay)
    Cavern, known as "The Face". The first major building in Torquay was Torre Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1196. Torquay remained a minor...
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    Torre Abbey, and Cockington Court, both within the parish. Arms of Brewer Arms of Mohun of Dunster Arms of Ridgeway Arms of Palk The manor of TORRE is...
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    Abbey Park and Meadows is a public park located in Torquay, Devon, which stretches from Torre Abbey to the town's seafront. The park has a number of facilities...
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    major building in Torquay was Torre Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1196 and associated with the manor of Torre. William, Prince of Orange...
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    foundation of Torre Abbey. The remainder was the inheritance of his daughter Alice. Wolborough, which he gave to his foundation of Torre Abbey. William Brewer...
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  • in Italy Torre Abbey, a building in Britain Torre Ader, monumental tower of Buenos Aires Torre della Ghirlandina, a bell-tower in Italy Torre del Oro,...
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    Roman soldiers and there was a small Saxon settlement called 'Torre'. In 1196 Torre Abbey was founded here, which by the time of its dissolution in 1539...
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    Señora del Rosario was brought to Dartmouth. The 397 crew were taken to Torre Abbey near Torquay where they were held prisoner in a barn (today called the...
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    abbatis: "New settlement belonging to the abbot". The land was granted to Torre Abbey by William de Briwere in 1196. Robert Bussell acquired the area in the...
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    in Torquay, Devon, England. Originally a monastic grange for nearby Torre Abbey, the current house was built in 1884 of red sandstone rubble. Adjacent...
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    Augustinian Priory (purported) Sidmouth Priory Tavistock Abbey Teignmouth Abbey Torre Abbey Totnes Priory Totnes Trinitarian Priory (site) Polslow Priory...
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  • West of England Academy in Bristol in 2011; Death and the Maiden at Torre Abbey, in Torquay later that year; and Human, All Too Human at the Royal William...
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    Dartmouth. Townstal Church was granted to Torre Abbey in about 1198, shortly after the founding of that Abbey by the Premonstratensian order. In 1329 the...
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    higher part of the settlement, was granted to Torre Abbey in about 1198, shortly after the founding of that Abbey by the Premonstratensian order. In 1329 the...
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    operated by Great Western Railway. It is just a few yards from the sea at Torre Abbey Sands. A railway station serving Torquay had been opened by the 7 ft...
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    printing (Averbode Abbey, Tongerlo Abbey, Berne Abbey), farming (Kinshasa, Ireland, Postel Abbey), forestry (Schlägl Abbey, Geras Abbey, Slovakia), and cheese-making...
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  • the gift. The works came back to Torquayand found a permanent home, at Torre Abbey there, in 1930–2. Late in life, on 11 July 1885, Thrupp married Sarah...
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  • and Drivers' Aid Committee. In 1912, Reinhardt attended a meeting at Torre Abbey in which he defended animals as akin to humans because they feel pain...
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  • The Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey...
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    location away from the more popular tourist areas of Babbacombe and Torre Abbey. The Osbourne hotel overlooks the beach. Meadfoot beach has won the prestigious...
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  • secluded coves to the larger promenade-style seafronts of Torquay's Torre Abbey Sands and Paignton Sands. However, British seaside resorts have faced...
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    Willelnusrywera formed Torre Abbey and Walterus de Vasci, son of Willelmus, gave the remaining part of the lands at Kingswear to the Abbey and Totnes Priory's...
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    once worshipped in the area. MacEnery, the Roman Catholic chaplain at Torre Abbey, conducted systematic excavations between 1824 and 1829. When MacEnery...
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    original hamlet being at the boundary of the sheep rearing lands of Torre Abbey. The area itself has also been a pig farm and a quarry. Until after World...
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    The oncoming winter of 1800–1801 forced the admiral to live ashore at Torre Abbey overlooking Torbay. Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Harvey took over operational...
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    before the 1190s. It was granted by the FitzStephens to Torre Abbey in about 1198, the Abbey having been founded in 1196, and the present stone-built...
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  • Devon Tapeley Park The Three Crowns Hotel Tiverton Castle Tor Royal Torre Abbey Totnes Guildhall Ugbrooke West Challacombe Manor Whiteway House Wiscombe...
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    kinsman of 'John called Gras', (meaning 'the fat one'), who was a canon at Torre Abbey in 1351. The parish church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, has a...
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