Selby Abbey (Selby, England)

found: Monastery and society in the late Middle Ages, 1988:CIP t.p. (Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, 1398-1537)

found: Selby Abbey, WWW site, viewed Jan. 23, 2014History page (Selby Abbey; founded 1069, dissolved Dec. 6 1539; former abbey church became the Parish Church in 1618)

found: Wikipedia, viewed Jan. 23, 2014Selby page (Selby Abbey was closed in 1539 as part of the dissolution of monasteries under Henry VIII and the majority of buildings have since been demolished; the abbey church survived and in 1618 it became the Parish Church of Selby) Selby Abbey page (Selby Abbey was founded by Benedict of Auxerre in 1069 and subsequently built by the de Lacy family; dedicated to St. Germain and St. Mary the Virgin; one of few surviving abbey churches of the medieval period; now an Anglican parish church, in the parish and deanery of Selby)