The
imposing ruins of Basingwerk Abbey, founded in 1132, was
for 400 years home and workplace to the monks of the Cistercian
Order until they were driven out by Henry VIII's Dissolution
Act in 1536.
During
the middle ages, a thriving economic and artistic community
developed around the abbey and it became the home of many
Welsh poets.
The monks
were the first to harness the power of the Holywell Stream, using
its power to grind corn and treat the wool from their flocks of
sheep.
For
further information please phone 01352 714172
