- Llantarnam Abbey
Llantarnam Abbey was a
Cistercian monastery inMonmouthshire , southWales , nearCwmbran .History
It was founded as a daughter house of
Strata Florida Abbey ,Ceredigion , in1179 . After its dissolution in1558 , it was used as a private residence, being initially acquired and rebuilt by a local landowner. William Morgan of Llantarnam (Lanternam in some old documents) bought the abbey in 1561 and the family became great landowners in Monmouthshire around this time.The Morgans and the Earls of Worcester at Raglan became leaders of the Monmouthshire
Catholic s. Thomas, the subject of this note, is thought to have been a member of the Llantarnam or the nearbyBassaleg branch of the Morgans of Tredegar. It was acquired byReginald James Blewitt and rebuilt inElizabethan style to the designs ofThomas Henry Wyatt in 1834-5.In 1946 it became again a monastic institution, in the hands of the
Sisters of St. Joseph ofAnnecy .External links
* [http://cistercian-way.newport.ac.uk/place.asp?PlaceID=376 Website description]
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