Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 393
conveniences, Pope Nicholas IV gave permission for themonks to transfer their monastery to Whalley in Lan-cashire, where a place had been provided for them byHenry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln. The establishment, there-fore, of Whalley Abbey dates from 1296. The building of the church was commenced at… … WHALLEY abbey: THl- ABBOTS HOUSE WHALLEY Read and Symondstone. The church was 255 feet long,divided into a nave of ten bays and a choir and pres-bytery of two; the transepts, 142 feet across, had threechapels in each wing. The refectory and kitchen appearto have been completed between 1362 and…
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