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Churches which were built primarily to serve a monastery. This includes churches which remain monastic or which have been converted to parochial or other use, or survive only in a ruined state.
http://www.bathabbey.org/
A former cathedral - the only one in Britain completely rebuilt in the Tudor period. Photographs, brief history, details of the heritage centre and music, visitor information.
http://www.cartmelpriory.org.uk/
The official site of this church with Norman and Gothic features includes an illustrated history and photograph gallery.
http://www.doreabbey.org.uk/
The Friends of Dore Abbey provide an online history and tour of the surviving church of a Cistercian monastery in Herefordshire. Also FDA news; videos can be downloaded.
http://www.romseynet.org.uk/abbeyhist.htm
This impressive former abbey church is now a parish church. Brief history and description.
http://www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/romsey.html
Photographs, plan, Saxon history, architecture and archaeology with bibliography of the Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Aethelflaed by David Nash Ford from Britannia Internet Magazine.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/indepth3.htm
Illustrated description from an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, of the Baroque church built c.1752 to a model by the Benedictine lay brother Gabriel Loser.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/
The official site for the burial place of kings. Five QuickTime virtual reality 360-degree interactive panoramas. Or tour with an interactive floor-plan leading to beautiful photographs and accompanying history. Visitor information.
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