Furness Abbey

Furness Abbey At present, only the ruins can be seen. From these magnificent and spectacular broken walls, you can see the glorious history of the past. The overall feeling is very good. The lawn is lush and not tired to walk. You can taste the beauty of its art in all directions...

The former monastery has no style of yesterday. Just those broken walls and broken walls between the cracks, in the wind and rain, the beautiful flowers that are looming, still tell the former style. Let's go back 900 years with the clock. It was once the largest and richest monastery in north-west England. The monastery is not only a place of prayer, piety and pilgrimage, but also a major landowner whose abbot has a prominent place in the administration of the region. Today, Furnace has the best monastery sites in England. Its architecture bears witness to the worship and the lives of the monks who lived there from the 12th to early 16th centuries. King Stephen, the founder of the monastery. The history of the foundation monastery dates back to 1124, when a group of monks settled in Tulketh near Preston, founded by Stephen, then the Counts of Boulogne and Mortan and Lord Lancaster, and later became King of England (1135-54). The simple, reformed monks came from Savigny monastery in Normandy, where a series of "daughter" houses were being built. In 1127, the monks moved from Tulketh to the Valley of the Plants of the Potassium on the Furnace Peninsula, which was part of Lancashire. This seemingly remote place is actually an ideal location for the monastery. It has fresh water supply and can be used for building materials in the form of wood and stone at any time, and the monastery is close to the sea, facilitating communication with the wider world. In 1147 all Saviñac monasteries were incorporated into the larger Sidoian sect. Peter of York, then abbot of Furnace, tried to resist the merger but was forced to obey by Pope Eugenius III, who was once a Sidoian monk. Peter then resigned and was replaced by Barjo's abbot, Richard, a "theological scholar" who oversaw the reconstruction of the monastery church to conform to the strict Sidoist architectural philosophy and prohibit excessive ornaments. The monastery flourished rapidly, and Furnace was integrated into the religious, social, economic and political life of the northwest. Its early benefactors, generously laid the foundation for the monastery's wealth during the rest of the Middle Ages. The spiritual vitality of the monastery is reflected in its range of sub-houses: Calder and Swineshead in England, Rushen in the Isle of Man and Abington, Corcomroe and Inch in Ireland. Today, there is a large pasture near the site, and a four-star hotel --Abbey House Hotel &Gardens. brilliant hotel built with local earth bricks, which is continuing the history in a brand new model, making the glory more long. The site has become a simple background.

The English Lakes Monastery is a different place away from the attractions. The calm atmosphere calms your impetuous heart.