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📍 Derry ⛪ Cistercian monks 🏛️ dissolved before 1600

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Cistercian monks — from Morimond, France founded 1218; dissolved before 1600; granted to the London Companies (Merchant Taylors) authorities for the plantation of Derry; house named ‘Glebe House’ built on site…

Cistercian monks — from Morimond, France founded 1218; dissolved before 1600; granted to the London Companies (Merchant Taylors) authorities for the plantation of Derry; house named ‘Glebe House’ built on site of claustral buildings c.1770; scant remains of monastic church incorporated into St Mary’s C.I. parish church, built on site

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • Clarus Fons
  • Magoscain
  • Moycoscain
Communities & Provenance:

Cistercian monks — from Morimond, France founded 1218; dissolved before 1600; granted to the London Companies (Merchant Taylors) authorities for the plantation of Derry; house named 'Glebe House' built on site of claustral buildings c.1770; scant remains of monastic church incorporated into St Mary's C.I. parish church, built on site