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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Buckfast Abbey (445 words)
Buckfast, two miles from Ashburton, England, in a beautiful Devonshire valley watered by the Dart, is unknown; but it was certainly long before the Norman Conquest.
Buckfast now developed into one of the most important monasteries in the great Diocese of Exeter.
Buckfast followed the conventional Cistercian arrangement, with the cloister south of the
Buckfast Abbey, Ivybridge Devon @ Chycor Devon (111 words)
The Benedictine monks of Buckfast welcome visitors to their famous Abbey, set in the beautiful valley of the River Dart on the edge of Dartmoor.
Founded in Saxon times, the Abbey grew in size and influence during the Middle Ages until the Dissolution in 1539, when the monastery was closed and fell into ruin.
Benedictine monks have always made visitors welcome, and recent developments at Buckfast have improved the facilities for the many thousands of people who came to the Abbey each year.
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