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The Long Gallery at Abingdon Abbey. Abingdon Abbey (formally Abbey of Saint Mary) was a Benedictine monastery in Abingdon-on-Thames in the modern county of Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. Situated near to the River Thames, it was founded in c.675 AD and was dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus.
- Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis
The Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis or History of the Church...
- Eadwig's Charter to Abingdon Abbey c.957
In a charter of c. 957 AD, King Eadwig (r. 955–959) granted...
- Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis
Many of our visitors each year are children who are visiting the Abbey Buildings for the first time with their school. In 2019 there were thirteen school visits to the Buildings, and several chose to focus on a particular theme such as ‘The Life of a Monk’ or ‘The Role of the River’. Tours of various lengths from 20 minutes to two hours ...
Conjectural map of Abingdon Abbey in the late 13th century. Following the Norman conquest in 1066, the abbey was forced to grant lands to Norman lords, and in 1071 the Saxon abbot Ealdred was replaced by a Norman, Adelelm. In 1100 Henry I appointed Faritius, an Italian monk-physician, as Abbot of Abingdon.
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Coordinates: 51°40′18″N 01°16′42″W. Abingdon-on-Thames ( / ˈæbɪŋdən / AB-ing-dən ), commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish [2] on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.
The Historia Ecclesie Abbendonensis or History of the Church of Abingdon (sometimes known by its older printed title of Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon or occasionally as the Abingdon Chronicle) was a medieval chronicle written at Abingdon Abbey in England in the 12th century.
Æthelflæd Æthelflæd (from The Cartulary and Customs of Abingdon Abbey, c. 1220) Lady of the Mercians Reign 911–918 AD Predecessor Æthelred Successor Ælfwynn Born c. 870 Died 12 June 918 (aged c. 48) Tamworth, Staffordshire Burial St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester Spouse Æthelred Issue Ælfwynn House Wessex Father Alfred the Great Mother Ealhswith Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 ...
4 days ago · HOUSES OF BENEDICTINE MONKS 1. THE ABBEY OF ABINGDON. Wonderful, but quite baseless, legends were once current with regard to the very early history of the abbey of Abingdon, as to its being founded by King Lucius and destroyed by the Emperor Diocletian; as to the Emperor Constantine receiving here his education as a youth; or as to the five hundred monks who lived by the labours of their ...
