Place Institution Christianity
Cerne Abbey
Historic Benedictine abbey and private estate in Cerne Abbas, Dorset
- Dated 987 CE – 1539 CE
- Also called Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
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Associated figures
- Ælfric of EynshamNamed as founder
English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)
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- 29 km away
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