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Hartland Abbey, North Devon

Hartland Abbey

proper was built in 1157 and later adopted int the Augustinian order.and was quite prosperous.

In 1539 it was the last monastery to be dissolved by Henry VIII. The King gave the building to William Abbot, his Sergeant of the Wine Cellar at Hampton Court. It then passed through several owners and alterations until the 1800s when came inti the ownership of t the present Stucely family.

 

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Uploaded on November 19, 2018
Taken on September 19, 2018