Remains of Cockersands Abbey Chapter House with Heysham nuclear power station in distance


A grade 1 listed bulding The 13th century chapter house is the remains of a Premonstratensian Abbey. The abbey was closed by Henry VIII as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. It was used in the 19th century as a mausoleum by the Dalton family of Thurnham Hall.


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