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Stoneleigh Abbey  Tamworth Castle
uined 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.1 
1186    Aberconwy Abbey founded
   A Cistercian Abbey was founded by monks from Strata Florida in Wales in Conwy.2 


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Selection of references used:

1. Jasper Ridley, The History of England, 1981, 0-7100-0794-9
2. Various, The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, 1998, 0-7134-8392-X

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