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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, Cardinal, 1846-1929 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 259

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CHAPTER XIX Romsey ROMSEY was an ancient abbey of nuns pleas-antly placed on the banks of the Test in Hamp-shire. At one time, no doubt, the ground roundabout was marshy, and the church and domestic build-ings were set on an island or raised ground in the sur-rounding low-lying country, always of a…

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