Newstead Abbey (ny
`stĭd, –stĕd), Nottinghamshire, central England, on the border of Sherwood Forest, between Nottingham and Mansfield. It was founded c.1170 by Henry II in atonement for the murder of Thomas à Becket. It was secularized and granted to John Byron Byron, John, 1723–86, British vice admiral and explorer. Sailing in 1740 with Admiral George Anson on a voyage around the world, he was shipwrecked off Chile.
..... Click the link for more information. by Henry VIII. Lord Byron Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron (bī`rən)
..... Click the link for more information. lived at the abbey intermittently from 1798 to 1816; he sold it in 1818. His rooms are preserved as he left them.
`stĭd, –stĕd), Nottinghamshire, central England, on the border of Sherwood Forest, between Nottingham and Mansfield. It was founded c.1170 by Henry II in atonement for the murder of Thomas à Becket. It was secularized and granted to John Byron Byron, John, 1723–86, British vice admiral and explorer. Sailing in 1740 with Admiral George Anson on a voyage around the world, he was shipwrecked off Chile...... Click the link for more information. by Henry VIII. Lord Byron Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron (bī`rən)
..... Click the link for more information. lived at the abbey intermittently from 1798 to 1816; he sold it in 1818. His rooms are preserved as he left them.
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