Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon
The Benedictine abbey was founded by King Cnut in 1018. It became a daughter house of Savigny (France) in 1136, thus becoming Cistercian. It was surrendered in 1539. The site was used as a stone quarry after the Dissolution. In 1883 a new Benedictine Abbey was begun incorporating some earlier buildings including the 14th century Abbot's Tower and a mansion built in 1800.
