Whispers of the Past: The Spanish Barn & Torre Abbey's Timeless Tales
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The dissolution of the monasteries profoundly reshaped England and enriched Henry VIII's treasury. Today, I explore Torre Abbey, which the king closed in 1539, and visit the Spanish Barn on its grounds, where remarkable stories from Elizabeth I's reign come to life.
https://www.torre-abbey.org.uk/
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Credits:
Host: Rebecca Larson
Guests: Dr. Kevin Dixon and Lucinda Heron
Location: Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon, England
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| 1:03.6 | joined by Dr. Kevin Dixon, and he would probably call himself a local historian. I think that's |
| 1:09.7 | probably it. Yeah, historian, |
| 1:11.2 | though, sociologist, that kind of thing. All that. Yeah. Kevin, why don't you tell us where it is |
| 1:15.8 | we're standing right now? Right. This is, isn't this remarkable building? It's wonderful, |
| 1:20.9 | brilliantly illuminated, and it's immensely old. And we're actually in the central of Torquay, |
| 1:25.9 | barely close to the sort of the coastline. |
| 1:28.2 | It's part of the remarkable estate of Tor Abbey, which is a pre-Montentensian Abbey, dating from 1196. |
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