Abbey, Buckfast

Near Ashburton, England , founded probably about the middle of the 10th century ; incorporated into the Benedictine Congregation of Savigny (later part of the Cistercian Order ) in the 12th century ; and suppressed, 1538 . It was reclaimed by the Benedictines , and legally conveyed to them, 1882 . The community, numbering 29 priests, is occupied in parochial work at Buckfastleigh and Totnes.