Tamworth Castle is located in Tamworth, Staffordshire in England. It is thought that Tamworth Castle was originally a Motte and Bailey which was built around 1070 by Robert le Dispenser. When Robert died he had no children to pass his estate onto, so his property was left to his brother’s daughters, one of whom was named [...]
Lilleshall Abbey is located in Telford, Shropshire in England. The abbey was built during the 12th century, founded by Richard de Belmeis. Richard settled a group of Arrouasian (later know as Augustinian) Canons at the site in 1148. The abbey was visited twice in the mid 12th century by King Henry 3rd. Farmland, watermills and properties gained [...]
Hermeston Hall is located in Oldcoats, Nottinghamshire in England. The hall as it is today was built in 1848 by C. Challoner who was a wine and timber merchant from Liverpool. The hall has around 50 rooms and it was also beleived to have been built from materials that were stolen from Roche Abbey. Hermeston [...]
Arreton Manor is located in Arreton, Isle of Wight in England. The manor has been dated back as for as 872 AD and is recorded in the Doomsday Book. In the year 885 Arreton Manor was owned by King Alfred the Great and before him, his Mother and Father, Osburga and Oslac. In 1086 the [...]
The Kings Head Hotel is located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire in England. Reported Paranormal Activity There have been reports of sightings of the ghosts of a Cavalier in full uniform and a Monk wandering the premises of the Kings Head Hotel. A tunnel found under the hotel once lead to the cellar of the nearby Abbey.
Godstow Abbey was built in the 12th century in Oxford. At the time the land which the Abbey stands on was an island between the streams which run into the River Thames. In 1133 John of St. John gave the Abbey to the widow of Sir William Launceline, Edith. Between 1176 and 1188 the Abbey [...]
Whitby Abbey was founded in 657 AD and built on the east cliff overlooking Whitby by the Saxon King. Whitby Abbey was a double Monastery with Benedictine Monks and Nuns. Vikings attacked the Abbey in 867 and was then abandoned until 1078. The Abbey was then re-founded by a Soldier-Monk named Regenfrith. King Henry 8th destroyed Whitby [...]
Thornton Abbey was built in 1139 in North Lincolnshire, England founded by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire. It was originally built as a Priory but later achieved the status of “Abbey” in 1148 housing the black canons. In 1539 Henry 8th closed the Abbey during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Today the Abbey [...]
Newstead Abbey was built in Nottinghamshire in England in 1170. It was originally used as an Augustinian priory. The Abbey was built around the year 1170 by King Henry 2nd. In 1534 the building was valued at £70’000 by the Valor Ecclesiasticus. During the dissolution of the monasteries a lecturn was thrown into the lake [...]
Netley Abbey is located in Netley, Hampshire in England. It was built in 1239 to be used to house Monks of austere Cistercian order. King Henry 8th ordered the Abbey to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. The Abbey was then converted by William Paulet into a mansion. William was a [...]
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