The money will help fund a project highlighting the near 1,000-year history of Selby Abbey.
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"It's great to know we are a step closer to preserving it for another millennium and finding new ways for people to enjoy and explore all that it has to offer both local and wider communities."The Abbey was founded as a Benedictine monastery just three years after the Norman Conquest The Grade I-listed building is significant for surviving intact following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.'Founding story'
The project is a partnership between Selby Abbey Parochial Church Council and the Selby Abbey Trust and is supported by North Yorkshire Council .
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