Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon
The Benedictine abbey was founded by King Cnut in 1018. It became a daughter-house of Savigny in 1136, thus becoming Cistercian. It was surrendered in 1539. The site was used as a stone quarry after the Dissolution. In 1907 a new Benedictine Abbey was begun. This view shows the abbey and includes a 14th-century Abbot's tower and an 18th-century mansion built for Samuel Berry.
