Lilleshall Abbey
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Lilleshall Abbey was an abbey in Shropshire
, England
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The religious order was originally founded in 1143 moved to Lilleshall from Dorchester Abbey in 1148.
The Abbey was founded by Richard de Belmeis for canons of the Augustinian Order of Aras. The founding community originally followed the customs and observance of the Augustinian monastery at Arrouaise in north-eastern France.
The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Its size and magnificence indicates it had wealthy benefactors; Henry III visited twice in circa 1240. The abbey's income came from a variety of sources including tolls over the Atcham Bridge on the River Severn.
The surviving abbey buildings almost all date from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Other buildings have been lost, but their foundations were partially recovered by excavations in the late 19th century. The central buildings stood in a much larger monastic precinct, enclosed by a stone wall and gates.
It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage
.
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The religious order was originally founded in 1143 moved to Lilleshall from Dorchester Abbey in 1148.
The Abbey was founded by Richard de Belmeis for canons of the Augustinian Order of Aras. The founding community originally followed the customs and observance of the Augustinian monastery at Arrouaise in north-eastern France.
The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Its size and magnificence indicates it had wealthy benefactors; Henry III visited twice in circa 1240. The abbey's income came from a variety of sources including tolls over the Atcham Bridge on the River Severn.
The surviving abbey buildings almost all date from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Other buildings have been lost, but their foundations were partially recovered by excavations in the late 19th century. The central buildings stood in a much larger monastic precinct, enclosed by a stone wall and gates.
It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
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