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- Blanchland, England
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- Aerial photo showing the remains of Blanchland.
- Green square -
gatehouse, with modern road passing through
- the cloister area.
- Brown squares
- cloister buildings, refurbished by the
- antiquarian owner of the land and occupied by
townspeople.
- Red square -
abbey church tower at what was centre of crossing
- Yellow square
- surviving abbey church remnant, actually a portion
- of the south trancept.
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- Closeup of the abbey church remnant, with cemetery at its side.
- In lower portion of photo are some of the refurbished cloister buildings
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Norbert Backmund, O.Praem., in the 1950s)
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- Another view of the abbey church remnnant.
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Norbert Backmund, O.Praem., in the 1950s)
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![](Blanchland%20Abbey%20Sign.JPG)
Sign outside the present church and graveyard.
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- Gatehouse (interior aspect) with pedestrian walkway
through it,
- and auto-road passing it on its right. The
- abbey church remnant is behind these buildings
- to the right.
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- Cloister buildings, with road running directly through
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what was the quadrangle of the monastery.
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- Of course these 'cloister buildings bear no resemblance to
- the medieval buildings of the abbey. They were converted into village
- residences
and stores in the 18th century.
![](Blanchland,%20long%20view%20of%20present%20church%20remains%20from%20W%20front%20of%20original%20church.JPG)
- Modern view of the church exterior (south front)
- showing tower, south transept and church remnant.
![](Blanchland,%20present%20church%20entry.JPG)
Present entrance, former south transept door.
![](Blanchland,%20present%20church,%20remains%20of%20nave.JPG)
Present church, in part of what was the south transept of
the Abbey Church.
![](Blanchland,%20abbot's%20tomb%20in%20N%20Trancept.JPG)
Abbatial Tomb.
![](Blanchland,%20huntsman%20tomb%20in%20nave.JPG)
Tomb of the Abbey's Gamekeeper.
![](Blanchland,%20north%20trancept%20interior.JPG)
Vestibule of south transept, where tombs are
located.
![](Blanchland,%20cloister%20roof%20line%20on%20W%20wall%20of%20N%20Trancept.JPG)
Cloister roof line on front exterior of church.
Clerestory window remains on exterior church wall.
![](Blanchland,%20exterior%20font%20at%20present%20church%20entry.JPG)
Exterior font to the side of the south transept entry.
![](Blanchland,%20SW%20corner%20of%20original%20church.JPG)
- In the southwest corner of the graveyard outside the present
front entry
- can be seen a remaining wall of the original nave. The graveyard
- is in and adjacent to the former nave.