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Monasteries in London

  • Westminster AbbeyIn the mid-10th century, a community of Benedictine monks settled on Thorney Island in the River Thames. This location became the site of an abbey dedicated…
  • Syon AbbeyKing Henry V laid the first stone of Syon Abbey on the 22nd of February 1415. He stood before Richard Clifford, Bishop of London, to mark this moment in…