'Furness Abbey', c1870. Former Catholic monastery in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, dating back to 1123, once the second-wealthiest and most powerful monastery in the country prior to its dissolution during the English Reformation. Parts of the abbey have Grade I listed status. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]

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