Aberconwy
A Cistercian
house founded in 1189 as a daughter house of Strata Florida. The house
was moved from its first site near Caernarfon to its second position
on land granted by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth near Conwy. When Edward I
built Conwy Castle he had the monks moved again, to Maenan, leaving
only part of a church behind. That final monastery was dismantled
in 1537 following the Dissolution, and the stones were used for other
buildings. See
map
Basingwerk Under
the care of Cadw
Originally a Savignac house founded in 1131 under the patronage of
Ranulf, Earl of Chester. In 1147 the house became a Cistercian establishment.
In 1240 Dafydd ap Llyweyln gave the monks the church and shrine of
St. Winifrid at Holywell. At one time Basingwerk was a prosperous
house, with lands in England and grazing land foir over 2,000 sheep,
but by the time of the Dissolution only 6 monks remained. The oldest
church at here dates from the early 13th century. See
map
Denbigh
Friary
A Carmelite
house (the only one in Wales) established in 1289. The 13th century
church is all that remains. For much of the 19th century the church
was used as a malthouse. See
map
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