Waverley Abbey
📍 Surrey, England
About
Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester.
Founded in 1128 by William Gifford, Bishop of Winchester, with 12 monks and an abbot from Aumone in France. As the first Cistercian house in Britain, Waverley became the mother house for many subsequent foundations. The abbey suffered repeated flooding from the River Wey. Dissolved in 1536. Sir Walter Scott visited the ruins and named his Waverley novels after the site. Managed by English Heritage.
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