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    7″W / 51.476722°N 0.311861°W / 51.476722; -0.311861 Syon Abbey /ˈsaɪən/, also called simply Syon, was a dual monastery of men and women of the Bridgettine...
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    eclectic interior of Syon House was designed by the architect Robert Adam in the 1760s. Syon House derives its name from Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery...
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    the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery in England, behind only Syon Abbey. Alfred the Great founded the convent in about 888 and installed his daughter...
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  • syon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Syon can mean: an alternative spelling of Zion Syon, Isleworth, London, England Syon Abbey, or simply Syon,...
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    and Edmund Ironside 1431 Relocation of Syon Abbey to Brentford from Twickenham 1539 Destruction of Syon Abbey by King Henry VIII 1616 – 1617 Pocahontas...
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    Love by Julian of Norwich and The Orcherd of Syon, which translated Catherine of Siena's Dialogue. Syon Abbey's Tudor gatepost in marble, on which parts of...
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  • The ancient Wyke Lane (now called Syon Lane) still exists, connecting Osterley with the former nunnery of Syon Abbey. In 1444, Wyke manor belonged to John...
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    Mount" which referred to the church of St Michael atop Glastonbury Tor. Syon Abbey, a monastery of the Bridgettine Order, acquired the Mount in 1424. Some...
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    end of the 13th century; the youngest was the Bridgettine nunnery of Syon Abbey, founded in 1415. Typically, 11th and 12th-century founders endowed monastic...
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    a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. Syon was the site of Sion Abbey, which was founded in 1415 and named after Mount Zion in Jerusalem...
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