Selby Abbey (Selby)

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Selby was probably the first abbey to be founded in the north after the Norman invasion of 1066, as a Benedictine monastery.

The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII but its church building has remained in use as a place of worship.

Seriously damaged by fire in 1906, the abbey was successfully and sensitively restored in sympathy with its original design.

See: www.selbyabbey.org.uk/
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Coordinates:   53°47'2"N   1°4'1"W
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