Bacton Abbey - Norfolk

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DATE : Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:52:00 +0000
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In the Coastal village of Bacton, close to the village boundary, through the ruined gatehouse on Abbey Street, stand the remains of Bromholm Priory, or Bacton Abbey, once one of the most holy places in Europe.The priory, founded as a sister house to Catle Acre in 1113, was destitute until its Cluniac monks purchased, what they believed to be, a relic of the'true cross'from a priest who had, wandered throughout Europe trying to find a buyer for it.Once in their hands, the monks promptly used it to cure all kinds of diseases - even to raise people from the dead! Its fame attracted pilgrims from all over Europe, including Henry III, and its name was immortalized in Chaucer's'Canterbury Tales."

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