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Cistercian monks’ night staircase at Furness Abbey rebuilt 900 years later

by Joe Kelly | May 21, 2024 | Faith Spaces, Newsfeed | 0 |

A historic night staircase, used by medieval monks solely under the cloak of darkness, has been rebuilt at Furness Abbey in Cumbria by English Heritage, the charity has revealed. Reconstructed on the site of the original, the...

Rumour of another king under a car park has saved an historic abbey

by Joe Kelly | May 4, 2022 | Faith Spaces | 0 |

Like so many English towns, Reading underwent great changes from the 1960s onwards. Its traditional Victorian industries were famously ‘the three Bs’ – beer, biscuits and bulbs. The three sprawling industrial sites owned...

Tag: abbey

Cistercian monks’ night staircase at Furness Abbey rebuilt 900 years later

Rumour of another king under a car park has saved an historic abbey

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