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  2. St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1882 and dedicated to the Peace of the Heart of Jesus, St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, belongs to the Benedictine Order, and in particular to the Solesmes Congregation of Dom Prosper Guéranger. [1] The nuns live a traditional monastic life of prayer, work and study in accordance with the ancient Rule of Saint Benedict.

  3. Malling Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The Anglican Benedictine community of nuns that has made its home at Malling Abbey since 1916 was founded in 1891 as an active parish sisterhood. The sisters worked among the poor in Edmonton , north London, until they became attracted to the Benedictine contemplative life through the preaching of Abbot Aelred Carlyle .

  4. English Benedictine Congregation - Wikipedia

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    The English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) is a congregation of autonomous abbatial and prioral monastic communities of Catholic Benedictine monks, nuns, and lay oblates. It is technically the oldest of the nineteen congregations affiliated to the Benedictine Confederation .

  5. Category:Benedictine nunneries in England - Wikipedia

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  6. Category:Benedictine monasteries in England - Wikipedia

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    Benedictine nunneries in England (1 C, 58 P) Pages in category "Benedictine monasteries in England" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total.

  7. Godstow - Wikipedia

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    Godstow Abbey was built on what was then an island between streams running into the River Thames. The site was given to the founder Edith de Launceline, in 1133 by John of St. John [8] Edith was the widow of William and she had been living alone in Binsey in Oxfordshire, before deciding to found a group of nuns. [9]

  8. Curzon Park Abbey - Wikipedia

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    In July 1988 the community of nuns moved to a much smaller property in Curzon Park, Chester, where they also have a small retreat house. The main Abbey building is a converted late 19th Century mansion constructed mainly of red brick. A chapel was built on the Curzon Park Abbey site in 1997.

  9. Elstow Abbey - Wikipedia

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    Elstow Abbey was a monastery for Benedictine nuns in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. It was founded c.1075 by Judith, Countess of Huntingdon, a niece of William the Conqueror, and therefore is classed as a royal foundation. [1] [2]