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Confused/confusing detail about 'adjoining' abbey[edit]

I consider this paragraph is mistaken:

An abbey adjoining the castle, with a single high tower with a triangular roof, that may have been useful as an outpost or a look out, still exists today. It was founded by the FritzWarin family during the reign of Henry I. It housed the Benedictines of Grammont from France. They may have been Dominicans, as they called their religion Albus Monasterium ("White Monastery" or "White Minster").

for following reasons:

the adjoining building is the present day Alberbury (St Michael) parish church, whose description its basic structure matches. Citeable evidence it was ever a monastic building needs providing.
the Grandmontine monastery, Alberbury Priory, had its church located to the north of the main village of Alberbury on lower ground close to the River Severn, its remains incorporated into the farmhouse called White Abbey and not on the site of this parish church.
Benedictines were a separate monastic order from the Dominicans, who were preaching friars. St Dominic did use the older orders like the Benedictines to model the order he founded in the 13th century.
It was the house, not their religion, that was given the names meaning White Monastery.

I have rewritten the first sentence of the paragraph and deleted the last two sentences whose detail does not appear supported by the citations as referring to the parish church. Cloptonson (talk) 15:09, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]