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The Benedictines of Buckfast

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A hundred years ago today a small group of French monks arrived In Buckfast in South Devon intent on rebuilding the abbey and monastery whichhadbeenalmost entirely destroyed by Henry VIII. The community thrived and still thrives today.
Bob Prizeman reports on the many activities which go on there and introduces some of the monks for whom Buckfast Is home.
Producer SALLY THOMPSON long wave only

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Henry Viii.
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Bob Prizeman
Producer:
Sally Thompson
Source: Radio Times

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