The extensive remains of a 12th century Cistercian abbey standing in a water meadow beside the River Severn. The remains are unusually complete, and include the vaulted chapter house with medieval tile flooring. The church is almost unaltered from its 12th century foundation.
A4169,
Buildwas,
Shropshire,
England,
TF8 7BW
The ruins of a 12th century Augustinian abbey in a lovely rural setting. The roots of Haughmond Abbey go back to the 11th century when a a small religious community was established here. Around 1135 the community was refounded as a house of Augustinian canons under the patronage of William Fitzalan of Clun, and finally, in 1155 it became a full-fledged abbey.
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire,
England
A lovely 12th century Augustinian Abbey in a peaceful rural setting. The abbey was founded by Richard de Belmeis in 1143 at Lizard, but it moved to Donnington the follwing year and to Lilleshall in 1148. The main buildings were constructed in the 12th and 13th centuries. These include the abbey church, sacristy, chapter house, warming room, kitchen, and refectory.
Lilleshall,
Shropshire,
England
One of the most historic monastic sites in England, Wenlock Priory was founded in the year 680 AD by the King of Mercia, Merewalh, for his daughter Milburga, who served as abbess until her death in 722. Milburga was acclaimed a saint after her death. Milburga's abbey was destroyed around 874 by the Danes, but was eventually refounded as a Minster by Leofric of Mercia around 1050. Sometime after the Norman Conquest the Minster was once again refounded, this time as a Cluniac priory.
Much Wenlock,
Shropshire,
England,
TF13 6HS
The Priory of St Leonard at Brewood is popularly known as White Ladies Priory, a reference to the white habits of the Augustinian canonesses who lived here from the late 12th century. White Ladies was never a particularly prosperous house, but it survived from the 12th century until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.
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