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The copy of the plan of Furness Abbey in the video is from a booklet I purchased from the visitor centre and it shows what the extent of the abbey was like before the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530's by King Henry VIII when Furness Abbey was the first to fall in 1537. So please bear in mind that as it is now, in ruins, not a lot remains as many walls on the plan are not there and many are nothing more than a few stones. With the help of the booklet I have tried to name some areas in my video as accurately as I could with the footage I took. I apologise in advance if some I have named are not quite correct. I found it a very interesting and historical place to visit.
Furness Abbey in brief:- is a former Catholic monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and is located in the “Vale of Nightshade”. The abbey is built entirely out of local sandstone and dates back to 1123 and in 1147 it was passed to the Cistercians, who gradually enlarged and rebuilt the original church. It was once the second wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country behind Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire.
By the early sixteenth century it was one of the richest religious sites in the country and Furness Abbey was specifically targeted by Henry VIII's commissioners and so Furness Abbey was the first of the large monasteries to be dissolved as part of the Kings break from Rome with the Deed of surrender being signed on 9th April 1537.
Thank you for viewing and I hope you enjoy the walk around the ruins of this abbey.
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Music: “Sad Minuet” by Sir Cubworth from KZbin Audio Library