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Official Site : Waverley Abbey home page

Waverley was the first Cistercian abbey in Britain and was founded by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester (1107-29) in 1128. Very little of the abbey remains today as can be seen in the photographs, but the site is open to the public free of charge.

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Year	Month	Details
1128		First Cistercian Abbey in Britain
		Waverley Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey was founded.¹
1150		Combe Abbey founded
		This Cistercian abbey in the Midlands was founded by Richard de Camville and was a daughter house of Waverley in the south.¹