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Sunday 9 April 2017

Buildwas Abbey Shropshire

Second stop of the day was the smaller Buildwas Abbey lying by the banks of the River Severn near Ironbridge.
This was a Cistercian Abbey and has some lovely examples of the best of Medieval architecture and also tile making!
Founded as the Abbey of St Mary and St Chad in 1135, the founding Monks from France were a reformed order who believed that a return to pure simplicity and primitive austerity was the way ahead. It didn’t last of course but they managed a couple of hundred years before it all went downhill!
1536 marked the end.
What another fantastic day we have enjoyed

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I told the truth - but told it bent. Wandering around bemused and ranty since 2007. View all posts by BrownhillsBob