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[[File:Abbey Barn Yeovil.jpg|thumb|400px|The Abbey Barn, [[Yeovil]], Somerset, England]]
'''Monastic granges''' were outlying landholdings held by [[Monastery|monasteries]]<ref name="OED">{{citation |url= https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/grange|title= Definition of grange in English |publisher= [[OED]]|accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref> independent of the [[Manorialism|manorial]] system. The first granges were owned by the [[Cistercians]] and other orders followed. Wealthy monastic houses had many granges, most of which were largely agricultural providing food for the monastic community. A grange might be established adjacent to the monastery but others were established wherever it held lands, some at a considerable distance. Some granges were worked by lay-brothers belonging to the order, others by paid labourers.<ref name="EH">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1005786|desc=Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm|access-date=4 July 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref>
Granges could be of six known types: agrarian, sheep or cattle farms, horse studs, fisheries and industrial complexes. Industrial granges were significant in the development of medieval industries, particularly iron working.<ref name="EH"/>
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