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    Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished...
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    the Abbey, has the only decorative treatment. The village has the ruins of Whalley Abbey, a 14th-century Cistercian abbey. The monks of Whalley described...
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  • Halton Borough Council, p. 31 History of the Abbey - Whalley Abbey in the Ribble Valley, Whalley Abbey, retrieved 1 August 2007 A Topographical Dictionary...
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    Travis and Hans Rosenstein are partners in the production company Whalley-Abbey Media, which has produced all the Debbie Travis-branded television shows...
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  • Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1961) is an English film and television actress. She was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer from 1988 to 1996 during her...
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    Eastgate, monk of Whalley Abbey; hanged 12 March 1537 John Francis, monk William Gylham, monk William Haydock, monk of Whalley Abbey; hanged 13 March 1537...
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  • (1136 Rievaulx) Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England (1128 L'Aumone) Whalley Abbey, Lancashire, England (1172 Combermere) Whitland Abbey, Carmarthenshire, Wales...
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    local tradition, the chapel was constructed using materials taken from Whalley Abbey following the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor period, but...
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  • Whalley can mean: Whalley, Lancashire, England, a village Whalley Abbey, a former Cistercian abbey Whalley railway station Whalley, Surrey, neighbourhood...
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    Swinton was held by the religious orders of the Knights Hospitaller and Whalley Abbey. Farming was the main occupation, with locals supplementing their incomes...
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    Preston Friary (approx.) Sawley Abbey Staining Grange Tulketh Priory (approx.) Upholland Priory Whalley Abbey Wyresdale Abbey (approx. traditionally) Blackfriars...
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  • and All Saints, Whalley (1164684)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 September 2015 Historic England, "Whalley Abbey (1164643)", National...
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    grade I listed building. The hall not only contains the 15th-century Whalley Abbey vestments, but also has its own chapel – with a finely carved altarpiece...
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    Cistercian abbey at Whalley had been dissolved by Henry VIII in 1537, a move strongly resisted by the local people, over whose lives the abbey had until...
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    to have arisen from a connection with Whalley Abbey, as the village is located close to a track between the abbey and Brinscall Hall. The village is generally...
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  • vocal group, comprising Joanne Whalley as "Cindy" and Lindsay Neil and Sally Stairs as The Saffrons. In 1982 at Abbey Road Studios, they recorded a cover...
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    the abbot lights the beacon on Pendle Hill and prepares to ride to Whalley Abbey, to organise his forces in preparation for joining the main body of...
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  • Abbey in Cheshire, founded in 1178, and of Stanlow's successor from 1296, Whalley Abbey in Lancashire. The grange was still active in 1324. Whalley was...
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    subscription. The inscription states that "Pilgrims to Whalley Abbey prayed and rested here", but Whalley Abbey was not founded until the late 13th century when...
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    of land to Burnley Corporation. The hall contains the 15th-century Whalley Abbey vestments and has its own chapel, which contains a finely carved altarpiece...
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    was granted to the monks of Stanlow Abbey and this moiety was subsequently granted to the monks of Whalley Abbey. During the 12th century, the town's...
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    of Whalley; to the southwest was the parish of Bury; to the south was Middleton and Prestwich-cum-Oldham. Anciently a dependency of Whalley Abbey, the...
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    same year. He transferred Stanlow Abbey, the Cistercian monastery of which his family was patron, to Whalley Abbey. He married twice: Firstly to Margaret...
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    followed. Stanlow Abbey on the Wirral Peninsula was founded in 1178 by John FitzRichard, Baron of Halton, later moving to Whalley Abbey in Lancashire, and...
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  • the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns...
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    Brook, it approaches Whalley. Here it runs over the corn mill weir and under Whalley Bridge before it passes the ruins of Whalley Abbey, and is then crossed...
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    contributed to their development. These cattle were kept in the Park of Whalley Abbey, in the Forest of Bowland near Clitheroe. After that time the major...
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  • England, retrieved 8 January 2015 Historic England, "North-West Gateway, Whalley Abbey (1362365)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 January...
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    Catterall of Great Mitton, Lancashire. He may have started school at Whalley Abbey and sometime later may have attended Westminster School, where his cousin...
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    Cockersand Abbey in Lancaster and rented back to local farm workers. Much of the land in the Fylde was donated either to Cockersand Abbey or Whalley Abbey. To...
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