🇬🇧⛪️🙏 #WaverleyAbbey 🙏⛪️🇬🇧 • Waverley Abbey in Surrey was the very first monastery founded in Britain by the reforming Cistercian religious order. A small group of monks from France settled in this quiet spot by the River Wey in 1128, and Waverley soon became the springboard for Cistercian settlement in southern England. • The impressive remains include the fine 13th century vaulted refectory or dining hall for the lay brothers, the Cistercians' labour force. • The abbey was closed in 1536 as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. • [History credit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waverley-abbey/history/] • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • #Waverley #Tilford #Farnham #Surrey #England #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #GreatBritain #lovegreatbritain #visitbritain #visitengland #photosofbritain #mybritain #ukpotd #capturingbritain #britains_talent #icu_britain #explore_britain #NationalTrust #medieval #medievaltimes #middleage #middleages #ancient #ruins #ancientruins #architecture #snapseed (at Waverley Abbey)