Arched doorway and wooden door leading to the cloisters at Whalley Abbey , Lancashire ,UK in 2020) - In 1296 the monks of Stanlow Point, Cheshire moved north to Whalley, Lancashire where they built a new monastery beside the River Calder. There was already a chapel on the site, erected by Peter of Chester, the rector of Whalley and that 13th-century building was incorporated into the new monastery. The foundation stone for the new abbey church was laid in June 1296 by Henry de Lacy, the 10th Baron of

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