| Hailes Abbey, near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, was a Cistercian house founded in 1246 by Richard of Cornwall in thanksgiving for being saved from being shipwrecked. It was dissolved in 1539 and granted to one of Henry VIIIs wives, Katherine Parr. Over the centuries, it has suffered severe destruction, but after excavation in the 19th century onwards, remains of the impressive cloister arches can be seen |
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