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Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England, with a postal address in Chard, Somerset. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre (650 ha) estate is farmed to provide additional revenue.
Pages in category "Gardens in Dorset" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Forde Abbey; G. Governor's Community Garden; Greenhill Gardens ...
Abbey Church is owned by the Diocese of Salisbury but used by Milton Abbey School in term time as its chapel. The Abbey Church is open to the public and accessed through the school grounds. The Priory Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary, Milton The Abbey Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Samson and Saint Branwalader, Milton ...
The building of the church, as well as nearby Forde Abbey (founded in 1136), was superintended by Cistercian monks from Waverley, Surrey. Thomas Chard , alias Tyblis, the last Abbot, was Suffragan Bishop to the Bishop of Exeter from 1508 and was appointed Vicar of Thorncombe in 1529, 10 years before he left Forde Abbey at the Dissolution of the ...
Tresco Abbey Gardens created by Augustus Smith around the priory remains in 1834 ... Forde Abbey ^ Cistercian monks daughter house of Waverley, Surrey;
It includes more than 1,600 sites, ranging from gardens of private houses, to cemeteries and public parks. [1] There are 306 registered parks and gardens in South West England. 31 are listed at grade I, the highest grade, 99 at grade II*, the middle grade, and 175 at grade II, the lowest grade.
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Westminster Abbey, founded 1065, completed c. 1090. The historic buildings of the United Kingdom date from prehistoric times onwards. The earliest are Neolithic buildings and these are followed by those of ancient, medieval and modern times, all exemplifying the architecture of the United Kingdom.