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abbazia di Hailes

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abbazia di Hailes

Hailes Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire. The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Little remains of the abbey. It is

a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument. The site is owned by the National Trust but managed by English Heritage. There is a museum on the site holding many artefacts from the Abbey.

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