Waverley Abbey 2

by Shirley Mitchell

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Waverley Abbey 2

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Shirley Mitchell

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Waverley Abbey in Surrey, England was the very first monastery founded in Britain by the reforming Cistercian religious order. A small group of 12 monks and an abbot from France settled in this quiet spot by the River Wey in 1128, and Waverley soon became the springboard for Cistercian settlement in southern England. By 1187 there were 70 monks and 120 lay brothers in residence. The impressive remains include the fine 13th century vaulted refectory or dining hall for the lay brothers, the Cistercians' labour force. The monks and lay brothers farmed the surrounding land, were active in the Cistercian wool trade and provided shelter for pilgrims and travellers and an infirmary for the sick.
In 1536, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the site passed to Sir William Fitzherbert, treasurer of the king’s household. Much of the abbey was dismantled and some of the stone was reused to build Sir William More’s house at Loseley, a few miles to the east.

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