From Furness to Byland: A Monastic Odyssey

Hidden in the sombrely named Vale of Nightshade, just south of Dalton-in-Furness, stand the remains of Furness Abbey. Founded in 1123 by King Stephen, it began life as a Savigniac house before being absorbed into the Cistercian order in 1147, when the Savigniacs collapsed under the weight of their own misman ...

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Ulverston. Conishead Priory London ; Tunbridge Wells : The Photochrom Co., Ltd., ca. 1890-1906 Conishead Priory (Furness, England),Hotels,Health resorts,Great Britain England Furness

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Greenodd, Lancashire, 1910 - Hartmann Postcard | For sale on Delcampe

£3.99 | Category: Postcards > Europe > United Kingdom > England > Lancashire > Other & unclassified"

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