A good opportunity to post some flower pictures.
As if I needed an excuse 
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The Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert
Despite Henry VIII’s systematic destruction of the monasteries the nave survived in tact allowing the local people to continue to worship there:
What a debt we owe, however, to Prior Moone, who, with great foresight, made pastoral provision for the 200 or so people who worshipped in the nave by securing that nave intact for them as their new local church! So, with, new clergy, a new English Bible, new forms of worship and a new east wall blocking off the now ruined choir, the people quietly continued to worship and trust in God. *
Today the Priory Church is a thriving Church of England parish church.
*From the Bolton Abbey guidebook.
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The Bolton Abbey guidebook states that a small group of Augustinian canons and their Prior came across the hill from Embsay to make a new start in Bolton. They were ordained priests, living together like monks but they were also involved with the local people.
Remarkably, the east end gable has survived to full height, as well as a considerable section of the north transept. This great building was constructed in various stages over a period of some 350 years, progress often halted by invasion, poverty, sickness, and the severity of northern winters. Consequently, the west tower – still under construction at the time of the Dissolution – was never completed. Little evidence remains of the monastic outbuildings but the claustral range foundations can still be identified. The Chapter House was of octagonal design and must have presented a wonderful sight in this quiet, valley setting. Sadly, all that survives today is the arched entrance of the Chapter House passage.
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