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The abbey was founded in 1270 by Prince Edward for monks of the austere
Cistercian order. Edward intended the abbey to be on the grandest scale. However, financial difficulties meant that these ambitions could not be fulfilled and the final building was considerably smaller than planned. The project
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598:"Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Vale Royal"
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501:dissolution
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170:c. 1314-15
162:John of Hoo
796:Categories
515:References
167:c. 1308-9
37:, between
39:Northwich
35:Whitegate
527:VCH 1980
261:c. 1400
258:c. 1373
149:c. 1294
133:c. 1289
130:c. 1275
108:c. 1275
91:Darnhall
84:c. 1270
43:Winsford
24:medieval
756:Stephen
452:William
398:Richard
331:1438-9
253:Stephen
152:c.1307
769:Events
735:Robert
683:Walter
669:Abbots
648:Abbeys
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235:Thomas
79:Walter
71:Notes
59:Image
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