Image description: Medmenham Abbey overlooking lawn to the River Thames, Buckinghamshire.

Medmenham Abbey stands upstream of Hurley Lock and was founded by the Cistercian Order in 1204.

In the 18c Sir Francis Dashwood converted it into an erotic garden and set up the infamous 'Hell Fire Club', where he and his elite cronies engaged in quasi-religious debauchery.

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