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23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey last to be dissolved by Henry VIII
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Publish Date: 2018-03-22 22:05:40
Description: On the 23rd March 1540, Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved by Henry VIII. Henry had visited the abbey a number of times and is known to have stayed there with Queen Anne Boleyn in 1532. However, despite surviving for a number of years Waltham Abbey eventually succumbed to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. This caused an economic disaster in the town, which had grown prosperous as a result of pilgrims visiting the abbey. The Dissolution of the Monasteries saw the more than 850 religious houses that existed in England at the start of Henry ...
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