Selby Abbey

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April 4th 2022
Selby Abbey is a 950 year old Grade 1 listed working parish church at the heart of Selby. It is unique in the North of England, as the first monastery to be founded in the North after the Norman Conquest and one of the few in England to have survived as a parish church. Founded in 1069 by William the Conqueror, three years after the Norman Conquest, and added to over time, it is a key building ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more