Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished
In 1536, during the early stages of Henry VIII’s Suppression of the Monasteries, Whalley was caught up in the Pilgrimage of Grace, the northern rebellion against the king. Paslew did not participate but he did refuse to take the compulsory oath of allegiance and was executed, with two of his fellow monks, at Lancaster in March 1537. In 1923 the house and grounds were purchased by the Anglican Diocese of Manchester when the bishop was William Temple. When the diocese was divided in 1926, the property passed to the new Diocese of Blackburn. In 1930
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