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» Strata Florida - [Church / Abbey] (SN 7460 6570)
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Ruined Cistercian abbey in Dyfed near Pontrhydfendigaid. Building started around 1180.
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1164
Foundation of Strata Florida Abbey
This Cistercian abbey was founded by Robert fitz Stephen, a Norman. Monks were sent from the Cistercian abbey at Whitland to populate the new monastery.
1186
Aberconwy Abbey founded
A Cistercian Abbey was founded by monks from Strata Florida in Wales in Conwy.
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Selection of references used:
Jasper Ridley,
The History of England
,1981
Various,
The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain
,1998
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