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Free Wall Paper and photo gallery: Cumbria 06 - Furness Abbey & Conishead Priory Buddhist Centre.
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The church |
Furness Abbey, nr. Barrow in Furness |
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An English Heritage property in the south western corner of the Lakeland, close to the sea. A Cistercian monastery founded in 1126, it became the property of Thomas Cromwell in 1537. |
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The arcade of the north transept |
A view of the church and chapter house |
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The crossing and south transept |
Daisies in the church |
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The Transept chapels |
The abbey ruins are situated in a wooded hollow and has amongst the finest setting of any ruin in the country. In 1805 the ruins were commemorated in a poem by Wordsworth. |
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Across the transepts |
The south transept arcade |
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The piscina and sedilia in the choir |
The sacristy |
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The abbey traded in wool and iron and built a harbour on Walney Island in support of this. The abbey also had some fortified sites in the area and was the victim of several raids by the Scots during the medieval period. |
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Stephen, Earl of Bolougne and later King, founded the monastery in the 12th century for mainly superstitious reasons and it became the second largest in England. |
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