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  2. Lacock Abbey (monastery) - Wikipedia

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    Lacock Abbey was a monastery founded at Lacock, in the county of Wiltshire in England, in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a house of Augustinian Canonesses regular. It was seized by the crown in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII .

  3. Lacock Abbey - Wikipedia

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    Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order. The abbey remained a nunnery until the suppression of Roman Catholic institutions in England in the 16th century; it was then sold to Sir William Sharington who converted the convent into a residence where he and his family lived.

  4. History of Lacock - Wikipedia

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    Lacock High Street. Lacock, England was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 with a population of less than 200, two small mills and a vineyard. [1] The village's main attraction, Lacock Abbey, was founded on the manorial lands by Ela, Countess of Salisbury and established in 1232; in the reign of Henry III.

  5. Centre Academy East Anglia - Wikipedia

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    Centre Academy East Anglia, formerly known as The Old Rectory School is a private school in Brettenham, Suffolk, England, founded in 1981.It is well known by the conservative party for its incredible whole school approach and attempts, which are often met with success, were also available, however as of September 5, 2022, these places are no longer available The school's curriculum is designed ...

  6. Lacock - Wikipedia

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    Lacock is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Chippenham, and about 3.7 miles (6.0 km) outside the Cotswolds area. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance.

  7. Old Rectory, Bolton Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The Old Rectory is a historic building in Bolton Abbey, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The building was originally constructed in the 15th century, as the infirmary of Bolton Priory. In 1700, it was rebuilt as the Boyle School, a boy's grammar school endowed by Robert Boyle. The building later became a rectory, and then in the late 20th ...

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  9. Clergy house - Wikipedia

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    A rectory is the residence of an ecclesiastical rector, although the name may also be applied to the home of an academic rector (e.g., a Scottish university rector), or other person with that title. In North American Anglicanism, a far greater proportion of parish clergy were (and still are) titled as rector than in Britain, so the term rectory ...