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	STRATA-FLORIDA - LoveToKnow Article on STRATA-FLORIDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The most prominent feature of the ruined abbey is the elaborate western portal of the church, which is regarded as a unique specimen of the transitional Norman-English architecture of the 12th century.
		The abbey suffered severely during the Edwardian wars, and in or about 1294 a large portion of its buildings was destroyed by fire, though whether as the result of accident or design remains unknown; in any case Edward I. gave a donation of 75 towards the restoration of the fabric.
		By marriage the abbey and the estate of the Stedmans passed into the possession of the family of Powell of Nanteos.
	9.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STRATA_FLORIDA.htm (391 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Strata Florida (in Welsh: Ystrad Fflur) is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.
		Now in ruins, the abbey is in the care of Cadw.
		The community of the Abbey were Cistercian monks, who soon attained great celebrity, and acquired extensive possessions.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strata_Florida_Abbey (495 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey in Gwnnws for Morris / Dowdeswell Family History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The remains of Strata Florida Abbey are found near Pontrhydfendigaid in Cardiganshire.
		The abbey at Strata Florida or field of flowers, also known as Ystrad Fflur, although a remote but important religious building, became a centre of welsh culture visited by princes and poets.
		This quiet village on the banks of the Teifi is undistinguished apart from its proximity to Strata Florida and the surprisingly large village pavilion used each year for the May eisteddfod.
	www.penbanc.net /history/notes1/strat.html (206 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey - TheBestLinks.com - County, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cistercian, Wales, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Strata Florida Abbey - TheBestLinks.com - County, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cistercian, Wales,...
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		Strata Florida is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, now Dyfed, Wales.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Strata_Florida_Abbey.html (413 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey
		We do not know why or when the abbey was moved to its present position on the banks of the river Teifi, but politics may have played a major part, as in 1166 the Welsh prince of south Wales Rhys ap Gruffydd, conquered Norman holdings in Ceredigion and took control of the area.
		They record the close association between the abbey and the house of Deheubarth, and the fact that, during the late 13th century, many of its princes were brought to the abbey for burial.
		The abbey was taken over by the military during Glyndwr's war of independence.
	www.castlewales.com /strata.html (1871 words)

	Cistercian Monastic Houses in Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Whitland was a daughter house of Clairvaux, and mother house or grand-mother house to the remaining seven purely Welsh Cistercian houses : Cwmhir, Strata Florida, Strata Marcella, Cymmer, Aberconway, Llantarnum, and Valle Crucis.
		In 1164 the second daughter of Whitland was founded on the banks of the river Fflur: Strata Florida (Ystrad Fflur).
		Strata Florida became "the foremost monastic community in Wales." Strata Forida's founder was also a Norman: Robert fitz Stephen, "the chief personage in the Clare lordship of Ceredigion."
	www.angelfire.com /wizard/owenaprhys/projects/cistercians.html (493 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ystrad - Fflur/ Strata Florida, situated high in a secluded place near the head waters of the river Tiefy on the west side of the Cambrian mountains in the old kingdom of Deheubarth.
		Lord Rhys continued his support the abbey throughout his life, as he did to other places and orders such as the Cistercian's at Whitland, Talley Abbey for the Premonstratensian Canons, Llanllyr one of only two Cistercian nunneries in Wales, and Cardigan, which of all things was a Benedictine order.
		In 1285 the abbey church was struck by lightning, which caused a great deal of fire damage, then only 9 years later further destruction was suffered as a result of the Welsh rebellion About a century later still, the abbey was vandalised and deserted, left eventually for military occupation during a further revolt.
	www.red-dragon-wales.com /ReligiousPlaces/StrataFlorida.htm (678 words)

	GENUKI: Strata Florida
		Places, villages, farms etc within Strata Florida parish as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file].
		Description of the parish of Strata Florida from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
		The lonely house of Strata Florida played an important part in the chronicling of the history of Wales, continuing the record of Brut y Tywysogyon and Annales Cambriae, although the latter unfortunately has not survived in its original form.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/wal/CGN/StrataFlorida (883 words)

	Abbeys
		(1) The abbey was consecrated in 1201 and the church was ready for the community to occupy the east end.
		The scholar and writer, Gerald of Wales, left his cherished library at the abbey, and it was at Strata Florida that the national annals of Wales, the Brut y Tywysogion or Chronicle of the Princes, were written.
		By the sixteenth century the abbey's early wealth had been eroded and the infirmary and refectory were already in a state of ruin.
	cistercians.shef.ac.uk /abbeys/strata_florida.php (759 words)

	Station Information - Talley Abbey
		Talley Abbey is a former monastery of the Premonstratensians or White Canons, located in the village of Talley, Carmarthenshire, Wales, a few miles north of Llandeilo.
		Like Strata Florida Abbey, it is claimed as the resting-place of the poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym, but this is one of the discredited theories of Iolo Morganwg.
		The abbey is now in the care of Cadw.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/talley_abbey.html (70 words)

	Neo Strata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Strata Title is a form of ownership devised for multi-level apartment blocks, which have apartments at different levels or "strata".
		Strata title was first introduced in New South Wales, Australia to better cope with apartment blocks.
		About the Abbey the 1851 ''Illustrated London Reading Book'' says: :The remains of Strata Florida Abbey, in South Wales, are most interesting in many points of view, more especially as the relics of a stately seminary for learning, founded as early as the year 1164.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/60/neo-strata.html (798 words)

	Dyfed's Mysterious Sites
		The abbey was founded in early part of the 13th century by the Cistercian monks, and was one of the grandest in Wales at its height.
		According to legend the Holy Grail was brought to Strata Florida by monks from Glastonbury.
		The abbey is said to be haunted by the ghost of a monk, who appears on Christmas Eve in the area where the altar would have been.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /wales/dyfed/dyfed4.html (180 words)

	LAMPETER - LoveToKnow Article on LAMPETER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As an important outpost in the upper valley of f he Teifi, Lampeter possessed a castle, which was demolished by Owen Gwynedd in the 12th century.
		In 1,88 the town was visited by Archbishop Baldwin on his way from Cardigan to Strata-Florida Abbey, and the Crusade was vigorously preached at this spot.
		Lampeter was first imcorporated under Edward IL, but the earliest known charter dates from the reign of Henry VI., whereby the principal officer of the town, a portreeve, was to be appointed annually at the court-leet of the manor.
	www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LAMPETER.htm (334 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Sacred Places - Strata Florida
		To reach Strata Florida, drive south out of Aberystwyth on the A487 and branch off at Southgate on the B4340.
		The unusual name Strata Florida is a Latin form of the Welsh "Ystrad Fflur" (Uh strad fleer: Wide valley or plain of flowers).
		In addition to its prestige as the religious and educational centre of all Wales in the 12th and 13th centuries, the Abbey, considered wholly Welsh in character, was also the country's political center for a short time.
	britannia.com /celtic/wales/sacred/strata.html (512 words)

	Medieval Tile - Strata Florida Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The clay tile has line impressed decoration of a double outline circle with a central quatrefoil from which springs four groups of three-leaved stems, in each spandrel a double circle containing a quatrefoil is flanked by cusped mouchettes.
		Strata Florida (Ystrad Fflur) meaning ' way of the flowers' was founded as a Cistercian abbey in the twelfth century and is now in the care of CADW.
		Strata Florida is supposedly the final resting place of a number of Welsh princes.
	www.swanseaheritage.net /article/print_ver.asp?ARTICLE_ID=617 (124 words)

	Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Historic Landscapes - Elan Valley - Medieval and Early Post-Medieval Land ...
		As in the time before they were bequeathed to the abbey, the greater part of the income derived is likely to have been derived from customary rents and dues by those with holdings in the area, though because of the nature of the estate the returns from this source were probably relatively low.
		The greater part of their wealth was probably derived from the wool trade, the monks of Strata Florida being granted a licence by the Crown in 1200 to export their wool free of duty to France and Flanders.
		The grange remained in the hands of Strata Florida abbey until its dissolution in 1539 in the reign of Henry VIII, when the crown took possession of all the estates belonging to it.
	www.cpat.org.uk /projects/longer/histland/elan/evmedi.htm (3348 words)

	Aberystwyth-online :: Strata Florida Abbey Ceredigion Wales
		Llewelyn ab Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, desirous of determining, before his death, the succession to the sovereignty, convened a meeting of all the Welsh chieftains at Strata Florida, where they renewed their oaths of allegiance, and did homage to Davydd, his son, by the English princess, in preference to his elder brother Grufydd.
		From this period it continued to flourish in the possession of ample endowments, including a large tract of adjacent country, besides lands at a distance; and was the place of interment of many of the Welsh sovereigns and nobility, of whom Prince Rhys, its founder,was buried here in 1196.
		Strata Florida is 14 miles from Aberystwyth, just outside the village of Pontrhydfendigaid, on the B4343 road.
	www.aberystwyth-online.co.uk /strata_florida.shtml (887 words)

	Coombe Abbey - Chapter 8
		When the moat was being dug in the 1860's foundations of the abbey church were found on the south side of the main courtyard, together with patches of tiled flooring.
		Most Cistercian abbeys had the cloister on the south side of the church, but the Smite Brook runs to the north and west of the site, and it is the convenience of drainage which would have dictated the choice of this "reverse Cistercian" plan.
		As the owners of the abbey, the executors of J.G. Gray, were unable to confirm that these works would be carried out, the G.E.C. gave notice, on 2nd January 1964, that they were to terminate their lease of the abbey and would vacate the premises by 31 March that year.
	www.coventry-walks.org.uk /coombe/ca-ch8.html (5888 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey
		In 1285 the abbey church was struck by lightning, which caused a great deal of fire damage, then only 9 years later further destruction was suffered as a result of the Welsh rebellion.
		About a century later still, the abbey was vandalised and deserted, left eventually for military occupation during a further revolt.
		Considering the frequency and severity of these wars, it is nothing short of a miracle that there are some remains at Strata Florida worth viewing.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /abbeys/strata%20florida.htm (313 words)

	Welsh Abbeys
		In contrast, the other stream lay in the heartland of Wales, with important foundations at Whitland (1140), Strata Florida (1164/84), Aberconwy (1186) and Valle Crucis (1201), all of which were patronized by native Welsh princes.
		He especially 'loved and cherished Strata Florida'; if not strictly as the founder, he was certainly the effective guarantor of the abbey's fortunes.
		Within a decade, Strata Florida was to become the scriptoriam where the native Welsh annals were henceforward kept.
	www.castlewales.com /abbeys.html (1941 words)

	Strata Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mae'r adfeilion hon yw claddfa dybiedig Dafydd ap Gwilym, ystyried Dafydd gan lawer i fod ymhlith beirdd gorau Cymru.
		The Ruins of Strata Florida Abbey lay on the bank of the river Teifi, to the north east of Tregaron.
		The Abbey is thought to be the burial ground of Dafydd ap Gwilym, considered by many to be one of the finest ever Welsh poets.
	www.aber.ac.uk /~dcswww/Telematics/leader_ii/commerce/caron/tregaron/strata_florida.html (122 words)

	STRATA-FLORIDA - Question.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first abbey of Strata Florida, founded by the Norman Robert fitz Stephen in 1164 for the Cistercians...
		the ruins of the abbey at Strata Florida.
		Strata Florida (in Welsh: ''Ystrad Fflur'') is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside...
	www.question.com /find/STRATA-FLORIDA.html (392 words)

	Sacred Places of Wales: Contents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Abbey was founded by the Cistercian Order in ll64 though there is evidence of an earlier Cluniac settlement nearby.
		In addition to its prestige as the religious and educational centre of all Wales in the l2th and l3th centuries, the Abbey, considered wholly Welsh in character, was also the country's political center for a short time.
		The abbey, after experiencing great wealth and influence during the later centuries (mainly due to its extensive flocks of sheep and its skilful management of the wool trade), was abandoned during the rebellion of Owain Glydwr; the Dissolution that followed shortly after left only a grass-swept ruin.
	www.peternwilliams.com /spowales/spow09.html (512 words)

	Strata Florida Abbey - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Strata Florida Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Strata Florida Abbey - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Strata Florida Abbey.
		When Edward I. invaded Wales, he burned the Abbey, but it was rebuilt A.D. :Extensive woods once flourished in the vicinity of Strata Florida, and its burial-place covered no less than 120 acres km².
		The orginal Strata Florida Abbey article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Strata-Florida-Abbey.html (423 words)

	Abbey Category List
		But it was with the Norman Invasion that many more abbeys were created and, by the mid-14th century there were some 1,000 houses of varying denominations.
		A few continued in their role as cathedrals, and about one hundred of the monastic churches remained in use after the monks had gone, and the conventual buildings had been demolished.
		From the great Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire to the scant remains set amongst the wild and beautiful flower garden at Shaftesbury in Dorset, each abbey has the unique ability to induce some kind of emotion to the visitor.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /alpha_lists/abbeylist.htm (277 words)

	BBC - Mid Wales Outdoors - Strata Florida
		The site of a 12th century Cistercian Abbey, Strata Florida is situated in the hills above the Ceredigion town of Tregaron and has been shaped by both human and natural influences.
		The ruinous remains of the Abbey they founded are visible thanks to 19th century excavations.
		It is thought that one of the great Welsh poets Dafydd ap Gwilym was buried in the grounds of the abbey.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/outdoors/pages/strata_florida.shtml (514 words)

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