page_title: Shaftesbury Abbey
hierarchical_section_title: Shaftesbury Abbey
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancient seal of the Abbey is now public domain
context_page_description: Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII. At the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery in England, behind only Syon Abbey.
context_section_description: Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII. At the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery in England, behind only Syon Abbey.
caption: The Great Seal of Shaftesbury Abbey
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