A priory was built in the 1120s, and gradually prospered, with nearby St Nicholas's Church built in the 1290s.
The priory was upgraded to an abbey in 1447, but less than 100 years later was confiscated by Henry VIII as part of the king's Dissolution of the Monasteries, with some of the stonework used to expand Kenilworth Castle.
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| Abbey grounds, now mainly used as part of St Nicholas's churchyard |
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