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Description: Furness Abbey, or St Mary of Furness is a Cistercian monastery situated on the outskirts of the Cumbrian town, Barrow-in-Furness. Founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois, it was built originally for the Order of Savigny. Located in the 'Valley of the Deadly Nightshade', the abbey is built entirely out of local sandstone. It passed in 1147 to the Cistercians, who gradually enlarged and rebuilt the original ornate church. The majority of the current ruins date from the 12th and 13th centuries. By the Fifteenth Century it had been completely re-modeled and had become the second richest and most powerful - as well as one of the grandest - Cistercian Abbeys in the UK, behind Fountains Abbey.
Title: Furness Abbey 01
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