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Stoneleigh Abbey

he site at Stoneleigh for the new Cistercian abbey was consecrated in 1155 and the move undertaken by the monks was aided by Henry II. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the grounds were bourght by Sir Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London. Nothing of the original abbey remains apart from the medieval gatehouse.

See Also

• Henry (II, King of England 1154-1189)

• A .. Z List of Medieval People

• Timeline of abbey foundations

• The origin of monasteries

• The Cistercian order of monks

• Map of Abbeys

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