This is the altar inside Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continual history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Malmesbury was founded as a Benedictine monastery around 676 by the scholar-poet Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ine of Wessex. In 941 AD, King Athelstan, one of the greatest West Saxon Kings after King Alfred the Great, was buried in the Abbey. Æthelstan had died in Gloucester in October 939. The choice of Malmesbury over the New Minster in Winchester indicated that the king remained an outsider to the West Saxon court.<br />
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The current Abbey was substantially completed by 1180.
The Abbey is at the centre of Malmesbury and can be seen for miles around. However the existing structure is about one third the size of the building at its greatest extent.
THE ORIGINAL BUILDING:
A Monastery was first established on the site around 676 by Aldhelm, but the present building dates from the 12th century, and was consecrated about 1180.
The present church, dating from the mid-12th century, is a fragment of the original abbey church, which had transepts, a tall central spire and a western tower. All that is left is the nave with isles. The nave was saved after the Reformation and became the parish church.
The present church, dating from the mid-12th century, is a fragment of the original abbey church, which had transepts, a tall central spire and a western tower. All that is left is the nave with isles. The nave was saved after the Reformation and became the parish church.
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The present church, dating from the mid-12th century, is a fragment of the original abbey church, which had transepts, a tall central spire and a western tower. All that is left is the nave with isles. The nave was saved after the Reformation and became the parish church. The south porch contains some of the best Romanesque sculpture in England.
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Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continual history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[1] Malmesbury was founded as a Benedictine monastery around 676 by the scholar-poet Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ine of Wessex
Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continual history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[1]
Malmesbury was founded as a Benedictine monastery around 676 by the scholar-poet Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ine of Wessex
RAW Conversions and corrections to Geometry with DxO Optics Pro 7.5.1 ELITE software.
Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continual history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[1]
Malmesbury was founded as a Benedictine monastery around 676 by the scholar-poet Aldhelm, a nephew of King Ine of Wessex
