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Lacock Abbey monastery

In or near Melksham.

Lacock Abbey monastery — monastery founded at Lacock, in the county of Wiltshire in England.

Lacock Abbey monastery

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Lacock Abbey monastery is a abbey in south east. Established 1201. (Monastery in Wiltshire, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Lacock Abbey was a monastery founded at Lacock, in the English county of Wiltshire, in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a house of Augustinian canonesses regular. It was seized by the crown in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.". Coordinates 51.4146°, -2.1172°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
51.4146, -2.1172
Established
1201

Sources

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