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Evesham Abbey

8th-century establishments in EnglandAnglo-Saxon monastic housesBenedictine monasteries in EnglandBurial sites of the House of MontfortChristian monasteries established in the 8th century
Evesham AbbeyGrade I listed buildings in WorcestershireMonasteries in WorcestershireReligious buildings and structures completed in the 700sUse British English from September 2019
Evesham Abbey Bell Tower
Evesham Abbey Bell Tower

Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by a swineherd by the name of Eof.According to the monastic history, Evesham came through the Norman Conquest unusually well, because of a quick approach by Abbot Æthelwig to William the Conqueror. The abbey is of Benedictine origin, and became in its heyday one of the wealthiest in the country. Simon de Montfort (1208–1265) is buried near the high altar of the ruined abbey, the spot marked by an altar-like memorial monument dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1965.During the 16th-century dissolution of the monasteries, almost all of the abbey was demolished. Today, only one section of walling survives from the abbey itself, although fragments of the 13th-century chapter house, together with the almonry, the 16th-century bell tower and a gateway remain. The abbey's site is a scheduled monument and has several listed structures within it and adjacent to it, of which four are designated at the highest Grade I level.

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