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Bacton Abbey as it commonly known was founded in 1113 as a cell to the Castle Acre Priory. Only the ruins remain of the former Cluniac monastery, which supposedly was vast. Henry III visited here in 1233 and the priory was then stated to be 200ft long.
The Priory is mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
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- Abbeys & Cathedrals