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Forgotten Faith, The Rise and Fall of Whalley Abbey!!

So in June 1296 when these monks arrive how do they know it was June 1296? where is the document that proves this? some local guy lays the foundation stone in said year and month? then the monks just crack on and build a massive, majestic abbey into the 14th century!! My simple question is how? Pre build date you would need, design and planning, sourcing materials and transportation now that alone is a huge conundrum with a horse and cart never mind the design process, staff to manage budgets, general staff etc the list is endless trust me, wood for the floors, joists, steel and glass, roofing material stone slates, terracotta, very basic equipment/tools, organizing and sourcing labour, carpenters, stone masons/artisans/master masons, bricklayers, steel workers and general labourers, and a good source of water for mixing materials, feeding workers and horses who need approx 10 gallon each per day how many horses would be involved overall, dozens? where is all the water coming from? you may/will even need onsite housing and toilet facilities for the workers, skilled supervisors/project managers to ensure the work proceeds smoothly and to quality standards which these buildings obviously have, most of them have fire narratives on wikilies which all are flawed and didn't burn at all. And just the complexity and logistics to build these structures is staggering to say the least!! Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is now the Retreat and Conference House of the Diocese of Blackburn of the Church of England. The ruins of the abbey are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. In 1296 the Cistercian monks from Stanlow Abbey moved to Whalley. Stanlow Abbey had been founded on the banks of the River Mersey in the 1170s by John fitz Richard, the constable of Chester. This abbey had suffered a series of misfortunes, including flooding in 1279, the destruction of the church tower in a gale in 1287 and a fire in 1289. In 1283 Henry de Lacy, tenth Baron of Halton agreed to the move from Stanlow to Whalley but this was not achieved until 1296. The first stone was laid by Henry de Lacy in June 1296. In the 16th century, John Paslew, the last Abbot of Whalley, reconstructed his own lodgings and added a Lady Chapel. The abbey closed in 1537 as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Also that year Abbot Paslew was executed for high treason for his part in events connected with the Pilgrimage of Grace the previous year. A set of vestments, known as the Whalley Abbey Vestments, attributed to the abbey have survived and are now in the collection of Towneley Hall and the Burrell Collection. In 1553 the abbey lands and the manor of Whalley were sold for just over £2,151 to John Braddyll of Brockhall and Richard Assheton of Lever near Bolton. The properties were divided and Assheton took the monastic site and buildings. The abbot's house and the infirmary buildings were demolished and a large house was built on the site. In the 17th century most of the remaining church and monastic buildings were pulled down. The house passed through a succession of owners and further alterations were made to it in the 19th century. Around 1900 the house and grounds were bought by Sir John Travis Cragg. In 1923 the house and grounds were purchased by the Anglican Diocese of Manchester when the bishop was William Temple. When the diocese was divided in 1926, the property passed to the new Diocese of Blackburn. In 1930 Canon J. R. Lumb was appointed as the first warden of the centre and it has since become a centre of religious education with residential accommodation for guests. Two of the ground floor rooms have been converted into chapels. In the 1930s the site of the abbey church was excavated and the foundations discovered were exposed and consolidated. The former private house, which is now a retreat and conference house, was reopened in September 2005 following refurbishment. It contains conference rooms, a dining room and en suite rooms for residents. The north range contains a visitor centre, with a coffee shop, exhibition centre and a bookshop. A spirituality programme is available for resident and non-resident guests. Guided tours of the abbey ruins can be arranged in the summer months. #cistercian #monkstory #cataclysms #ancienthistory #oldworld #whathappenedhere #henryv111 #medievalhistory #middleages #medievalarchitecture #gothicarchitecture #Ancienthistory #HistoricAbbey #Monasticlife #SacredSpaces #Religiousheritage #EcclesiasticalArchitecture