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    Crowland Abbey (historically often spelled Croyland Abbey; Latin: Croilandia) is a Church of England parish church, formerly part of a Benedictine abbey...
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    Peterborough and Spalding. Crowland contains two sites of historical interest, Crowland Abbey and Trinity Bridge. Crowland The town's two historical points...
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    Saint Guthlac of Crowland (Old English: Gūðlāc; Latin: Guthlacus; 674 – 714 CE) was a Christian hermit and saint from Lincolnshire in England. He is particularly...
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  • a ditch, but was later retrieved and buried in the chapter house of Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire. Despite confessing to his part in the rebellion, one...
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    when it was reformed as Magdalene College. Abbot John Lytlington of Crowland Abbey was licensed by Letters Patent of King Henry VI to acquire a site so...
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    council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The district is named...
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    Bettelin of Crowland, also known as Beccel, was an 8th century hermit and saint of Crowland, and a follower of Guthlac. Impressed by stories of his holiness...
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  • the murder, so she departed the court and retired to the Crowland Abbey in the Fens of Crowland, where she lived as a recluse for 40 years, until her death...
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  • The Abbot of Crowland was the head of Crowland Abbey, an English monastery built up around the shrine of Saint Guthlac of Crowland by King Æthelbald of...
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    grange – now the Jacobean Croyland Abbey – which was an offshoot of the monastery of Crowland (or Croyland) Abbey, near Peterborough, some 30 miles (48 km)...
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