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Waverley Abbey: the first Cistercian abbey in Britain

Waverley Abbey, situated on the flood plain to the north of the River Wey. Cistercian Abbey founded 1128 and dissolved 1536 to which a hospital was added in the 14th century. It was the first Cistercian house to be established in Britain. The Abbey sur ...
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