Seven prints of this historic building were created by local photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.
Seven prints of this historic building were created by local photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. It was purchased by Richard Cholmley in 1545, whose family added a Banqueting House to it and installed a "hard garden" in the 17th century, which has been recently restored. It was rebuilt by Reinfrid, who journeyed here years after it was founded as Streoneshalh and given over to St. Hilda. Also known as a home for the poet Caedmon, a visit to its ruins in 1890 may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, and it hosted a famous debate over the ►proper tonsure for monks to wear and the proper date of Easter, attended by men like King Oswy in 664 A.D. FTP, name this English abbey which held a synod on whether to observe Celtic or Roman traditions.
Seven prints of this historic building were created by local photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.
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