Flaxley Abbey

Flaxley Abbey

Flaxley Abbey, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, was founded in 1148 by the Earl of Hereford as a Cistercian monastery.

It was dissolved during the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1536 - 7 and its lands and manor were granted to Sir William Kingston.

The abbey is now a private residence and has never been a hotel.

ee also

*Abbeys and priories in England

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=23256 british-history.ac.uk]
* [http://www.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v006/bg006280.pdf Flaxley Abbey-The existing Remains from 1881]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3680923 photos of Flaxley Abbey and surrounding area on geograph]


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