Beauchief Abbey Sheffield Ruins and Monk Spirits
Founding in Penance and Decay Lord Robert FitzRanulph founded Beauchief Abbey around 1176 near Sheffield, guilt-stricken after Thomas Becket’s 1170 murder—he gifted lands December 21, 1183, for Premonstratensian canons devoted to God, Mary, and Becket. Thriving till Henry VIII dissolved it in 1537, locals quarried stones for homes. Monks’ chants linger in ruins. Frank Crawshaw […]
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