Search The Directory The Web for Home > Arts > Architecture > History > Building Types > Religious > Christian > Monasteries > United_Kingdom New! Submit a site   Categories: Monastic Churches *(11)       whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Abbeys and Priories in Cumbria - A guide to the abbeys and priories in Cumbria. Photographs, brief history and links to official sites.   Bardney Abbey - Brief history and description of the site by Lincolnshire County Council, with archival photographs.   Bardney Abbey - Brief history and description of the site by Lincolnshire County Council, with archival photographs.   Barlings Abbey - Brief history and description of the site by Lincolnshire County Council. Only a tall section of the wall of the nave still survives above ground, but there are extensive earthworks still visible.   Barlings Abbey - Brief history and description of the site by Lincolnshire County Council. Only a tall section of the wall of the nave still survives above ground, but there are extensive earthworks still visible.   Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire - The ruins of a 12th-century Augustinian priory, of which only the church nave survives intact, on the estate of the Duke of Devonshire. Small photographs   Buckfast Abbey, Devon - The official site includes an illustrated history of the medieval monastery refounded in 1882. Sensitive map of the site leads to descriptions of the buildings.   Castle Acre Monastery - 'Brother John' recreates what life would have been like in the priory, and how each part was used. Photographs, plans - one hatched to show building phases, water supply, a day in the life of a monk.   Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk - Photographs and outline history from a family that likes to visit historic sites.   Crowland Abbey - Photograph and brief history from Crowland Online of this Benedictine monastery in the Lincolnshire fenland.   Dungiven Priory, Northern Ireland - Notes towards a dissertation by Gretta Logue of Queen's University, Belfast. Location plan.   Farnborough Abbey - The official site provides a history and interactive Virtual Reality tour of this monastery built by the Empress Eugenie to house the tomb of Napoleon III (d.1873).   Fountains Abbey - Britain's largest monastic ruin and most complete Cistercian abbey is a World Heritage site. Photographs, outline history and visitor information from the National Trust.   Furness Abbey - Virtual tour provided by Dalton-in-Furness Online. Ground plan coloured to show dated building phases; photographs and details.   Glastonbury Abbey - Official web-site, stronger on myth and legend than proven historical fact.   Lindisfarne: A Brief History and Virtual Tour - Dr Deborah Vess, Georgia State University, recounts her own spiritual journey to Holy Island as well as the island's history. Includes a pictorial tour of the priory ruins.   Margam Abbey - Illustrated history and visitor information on the 12th-century abbey, its church - now parochial - and its museum.   Medieval English Cathedrals and Churches - S.H. Shepherd's professional photos of Durham, Gloucester, Lincoln, Litchfield and Salisbury Cathedrals, along with some churches.   Melrose Abbey, Scotland - From a 19th-century series by John Stoddard, this photograph of the ruins with a brief history and romantic description quoted from Sir Walter Scott.   Michelham Priory - 14th-century gatehouse and the remains of an Augustinian priory incorporated into a Tudor mansion. Photographs, a brief history and visitor information from owners Sussex Archaeological Society.     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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