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Lacock Abbey Gables
Fine Elizabethan gables of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Fountains Abbey Arches
Norman arches at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

Much Wenlock Abbey
The Chapter House wall, Much Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire, England. Founded as a nunnery by St. Milburga in about 680 and then re-founded by Roger de Montgomery in 1080. Date: 11th century

Union Jack Club
The Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, Waterloo, London SE1, was founded in 1904 as a National Memorial to commemorate the bravery of the troops in the Boer War. Date: founded 1904

John Warner
JOHN WARNER English churchman, bishop of Rochester, Royalist during the Civil War, benefactor who founded Bromley College Date: 1581 - 1666

Westminster Almshouses, Rochester Row, London. A plaque on the wall reads - The Reverend James Palmers Charity, founded 1656, rebuilt 1851. Date: 1930s

Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Fountains Abbey Aisle
The North Aile of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England, which was founded in 1132. It lies in the valley of the River Skell, near Ripon. Date: 12th century

The Oldest Chemists Shop
Ye Oldest Chymist Shoppe in England, which, naturally, claims to be the oldest chemists shop in England! It is in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Date: founded circa 1720

Castle Combe Churchyard
Part of the large churchyard of St. Andrews Church, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, founded in the 13th century but largely rebuilt in the 19th century. Date: late 1960s

Lacock Abbey Farmyard
The Tudor farm buildings of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Tower of Saint Rule
The Tower of St. Rule (or St. Regulus) and the ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral, Fifeshire, Scotland. Date: founded 1160

St. Andrews Cathedral
The arches of the Priory Cloisters ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral, Fifeshire, Scotland. Date: founded 1160

Holy Cross Hospital
Holy Cross, or the Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, was founded between 1132 and 1136 by Henry de Blois and has become Britains oldest charitable institution. Date: 12th century

Llanthony Abbey, an Augustinian Priory, originally founded in the early 12th century, a fine example of Norman and early English architecture. Date: 12th century

Abbots Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, England, was founded in 1619, as a home for old people. It was a gift from Archbishop Abbot to his home town. Date: 17th century

Selby Norman Nave
The magnificent Norman nave of Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. The tower is also Norman, but the eastern end is decorated Gothic style. Date: founded 1069

Flaxley Abbey, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, was a Cistercian Abbey founded by Roger, Earl of Hereford. Date: 12th century

Kings School Canterbury
The splended Norman staircase (c. 1170) of Kings School, Caterbury, Kent, England. It was founded was St. Augustine in 597 and later re-founded by King Henry VIII. Date: founded 597

Sopwell Priory
The ruins of Sopwell Priory (or Nunnery), St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, which was founded by Geoffrey of Gorham in the middle of the 12th century. Date: 12th century

Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, one of the oldest Cistercian monasteries in England, founded for the monks from Savigny by Roger de Clinton in 1135. Date: founded 1135

Elstow Priory
The ruins of Elstow Priory, Bedfordshire, England, the convent (or nunnery) founded in 1075 by Judith, niece of William the Conqueror. Date: founded 1075

Sherborne Abbey
The restored Norman architecture of the splendid South Porch of Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, England, founded in about 705 A.D. by St. Aldhelm. Date: founded circa 705

SHAP ABBEY
Shap Abbey, Cumbria, England, is a rare Premonstratensian house, in a rather bleak setting. Its most distinctive surviving feature is its huge West Tower. Date: founded circa 1200

Old Felstead School, Felstead, Essex, England, was founded by the 1st Lord Rich in 1564. Date: founded 1564

Strata Florida Abbey
The remains of the magnificent West Doorway at Strata Florida Abbey, Cardiganshire, Wales, founded in 1091 by the Cistercian Order. Date: founded 1091

Marrick Priory, near Richmond, Yorkshire, England, a nunnery founded circa 1194 by Roger de Aske. Seen here from across the River Swale. Date: 12th century

Beaulieu Abbey
The ruins of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England, a Cistercian house founded by King John and lived in by thirty monks from Citeaux, near Dijon, France. Date: founded c. 1204

Mount Grace Priory, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, England; the ruins of a once great Carthusian priory, founded in 1084. The present ruins date from 1397. Date: 14th century

Finchdale Priory Ruins
The ruins of Finchdale Priory, County Durham, England, which was founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint), Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Eton College, Berkshire, England, founded by King Henry VI (whose statue is in the foreground) in 1440. Clock tower and buildings built by Prevost Lupton in 1517. Date: early 16th century

Finchdale Priory Crypt
The Crypt of Finchdale Priory County Durham, England, founded by an adventurous sailor (later Saint) Godric, in about 1115. Date: founded 1115

Forde Abbey
Originally a Cistercian abbey founded in 1136 by Richard Fitzbaldwin, Forde Abbey, Dorset, England, was extensively remodelled by Edmund Prideaux in the 1600s Date: 12th to 17th century

Dedham Grammar School, Essex, England, was founded in 1574 and rebuilt in the Georgian style in 1732. Date: 16th & 18th century

Blanchland Abbey, Northumberland, England, a Premonstratensian abbey, founded in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec. Destroyed by the Scots; rebuilt in 1752. Date: founded 1165

Dunblane Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland, founded in 1141 by King David I. Rebuilt in 1240 by Bishop Clemens. The tower is early Norman, the rest pointed style Date: 12th century

Salamanca University
The extravagant architecture of the front of Salamaca University, Spain, founded in 1218 by Alfonso IX. Date: founded 1218

St. Benets Abbey, near Horning, Norfolk, was founded by Suneman, a hermit. King Canute built the Monastery of St. Benet-at-Holm on the same site. Survived the Dissolution Date: founded 9th century

ABBEY DORE
A glimpse of Abbey Dore, in the lovely Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. The Abbey was founded in 1147 by the Cistercian order. Date: founded 1147

Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1151 by the Augustinian order, on the banks of the River Wharfe. Date: founded 1151

Cleeve Abbey Gatehouse
This splendid gatehouse is all that remains of Cleeve Abbey, a Cisterian Abbey, at Washford, Somerset, England. Date: founded 1198

Alexander Keiller Museum
The splendid stone built building which houses the Alexander Keiller Museum of archaeological finds, founded in the 1930s, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1960s

The New Forest
View in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, the vast wooded area which was founded by William the Conqueror. Date: 1950s

Furness Abbey, Cumbria, England, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois. Later extended, the present ruins are mostly 12th & 13th century Date: founded 1123

Newburgh Priory, near Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England, a house of many periods, built upon the site of an Augustinian Priory. Oliver Cromwell buried here; haunted. Date: founded 1145

Shrewsbury Abbey Pulpit
The early 14th century Refectory pulpit, the only surviving part of Holy Cross (Shrewsbury) Abbey, Shropshire, England, apart from the church. Date: founded 1083

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