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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021

Egglestone Abbey

The abbey of St Mary and St John the Baptist was founded at Egglestone between 1195 and 1198 for Premonstratensian canons. St Norbert had founded the Premonstratensian Order at Prémontré in France in 1121, adopting the rule of St Augustine and borrowing from the stricter Cistercians’ rule. The founders of Egglestone were the de Moulton [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2022

Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021

Newcastle & Durham – Day Eleven

The good news was the bread for the continental breakfast was not stale. The bad new was that there was no bread at all. Leaving breakfast slightly underwhelmed, we put our luggage in the car and checked out of the hotel.
Our first stop was Barnard’s Castle to visit the ruined castle which we had found [...]

9 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2021