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Hailes Abbey belonging to the Cistercian Order was founded on 5 November 1246 and dissolved on Christmas Eve 1539 For almost 300 years prior to this monastic life continued in a community whose numbers according to record never exceeded 25 monks this despite the large scale of the buildings
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