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TINTERN See also:ABBEY , in See also:Monmouthshire, one of the most famous ecclesiastical ruins in See also:England. It is beautifully situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Wye. The abbey was founded by See also:Walter de See also:Clare in 1131 for Cistercian monks. The existing See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, however, See also:dates from the later See also:part of the 13th See also:century; it is unroofed, and the See also:nave is imperfect, but many of the finest details of a See also:style transitional from See also:Early See also:English to Decorated are preserved. The church is cruciform.. Cloisters and other monastic buildings, of which there are considerable remains, See also:lay to the See also:north of the church. The See also:foundation was dissolved by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. At the neighbouring See also:village of Tintern Parva there is a station on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway.
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