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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1891)

Lefroy, William Chambers · London : Seeley and Co., limited; New York, Macmillan & Co. · leaf 148

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- andto the monks who abode in the same. … KIRKSTALL ABBEY, FROM THE RIVER K Kirk stall 131 Abbot Alexander was no mere dreamer. Witha view to securing peace and quietness for his monks,he promptly levelled the church with the ground,amid the loud remonstrances of clergy and people.Even in the twelfth century such a high-handedproceeding…

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