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of Hereford. In addition, new stained glass was provided, and the walls were painted with instructional pictures and texts, many of which remain visible. The new church was re-consecrated on 22 March 1634. Further restoration was carried out between 1700 and 1710, and new paintings, including a large
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By the end of the nineteenth century the church was again in need of repair, and work was carried out by a local architect, Roland Paul, in 1901–09. Paul was also responsible for part-excavating and plotting the remaining foundations and traces of the original Abbey buildings, which now underlie the
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Large parts of the 12th- and 13th-century buildings, including the north and south transepts and the interior columns, together with some tiles, wooden fittings and fragments of stained glass, remain in place today, incorporated into the later church. The building also houses two 13th-century
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claimed that the first Abbot Adam was a devious individual intent on acquiring property by any means, fair or foul. During the early 13th century, the abbey expanded its land holdings, particularly through the acquisition of good quality farmland in the area granted to them by
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began around 1175, and continued through the time of the first three abbots, Adam (1186-c.1216), Adam II (c.1216–1236), and Stephen of Worcester (1236–1257). The design of the church was modelled on that of Morimond, with a
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David Williams, White Monks in Gwent and the Border (1976), and chapter in 'A Definitive History of Dore Abbey' (ed. R. Shoesmith and Ruth E Richardson)
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effigies, thought to be those of a later Lord Robert of Ewyas and his half-brother Roger de Clifford (d.1286), and carved stone roof
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were added. In 1260, the abbey was described as a "sumptuous church". The new building was consecrated by
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Dore Abbey Website (A Partnership between the Parish Church and the Friends of Dore Abbey)
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in 1536. The building was bought by a local landowner, John Scudamore, a member of a
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in 1216. This enabled the abbey to become wealthy, especially through the sale of
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in France, perhaps after Lord Robert had met the Abbot of Morimond on the
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List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches
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by William de Gradisson, and the abbey became a centre of pilgrimage.
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and elsewhere, and drew revenues from five appropriated parishes.
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http://www.achurchnearyou.com/abbeydore-holy-trinity-st-mary/
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Photos of Dore Abbey and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
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Herefordshire Sites and Monuments Register: Dore Abbey
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The abbey was founded in 1147 by Robert fitzHarold of
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Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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CWGC Casualty Record, date retrieved 3 February 2013.
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was expanded, and additional chapels, a processional
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building has been used since the 16th century as the
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Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation
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Abbey Dore
Denomination
Church of England
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Diocese
Hereford
Parish
Abbey Dore
Vicar(s)
Cistercian
abbey
Abbey Dore
Golden Valley, Herefordshire
medieval
parish church
ruined
Ewyas
Lord
Ewyas Harold
River Dore
Morimond
Second Crusade
sandstone
presbytery
transepts
nave
Gerald of Wales
King John
wool

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