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Aberconwy Abbey was a Cistercian foundation at Conwy, later transferred to Maenan near Llanrwst, and in the 13th century was the most important abbey in the north of Wales. A Cistercian house was founded at Rhedynog Felen near Caernarfon in 1186 by a group of monks from Strata Florida Abbey.
Aberconwy Abbey - St Mary and All Saints. The site of a great monastery, where Llywelyn the Great died. The town of Conwy guards the broad estuary of the river from which it takes its name.
Within the walled town of Conwy at St. Mary and All Saint's Church lie the remains of the once great Aberconwy Abbey. The Cistercian Abbey was founded in the twelfth century, the Abbey was given large grants of land by Llywelyn the Great.
4 days ago · Aberconwy Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located at Conwy and later at Maenan near Llanrwst which in the 13th century was the most important abbey in North Wales. A Cistercian house was founded at Rhedynog Felen near Caernarfon in 1186 by a group of monks from Strata Florida Abbey.
Aberconwy was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1189 as a daughter house of Strata Florida. It was first established at Rhedynog-felen near Clynnog Fawr, but moved to its second home on land granted by Llewelyn ap Iorwerth near Conwy.
Aberconwy was the first of the two Cistercian abbeys established in north-west Wales under the patronage of the princes of Gwynedd, with the founding colony arriving from Strata Florida in 1186.
This was the church of Aberconwy Abbey, a Cistercian foundation of the period 1186-1197. It became the parish church of St Mary & All Saints in 1283-4 following the English conquest...
