England

Now part of the United Kingdom, England takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. Up until 1284 it functioned as a Kingdom in its own right.

Buildwas Abbey, Wales

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Buildwas Abbey, Wales

Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire. Founded in 1135 as a Savignac monastery, inhabited by a small community of monks from Furness Abbey.

Closed in 1536 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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