Cathedrals · South East England
Tewkesbury Abbey
Also known as: Abaty Tewkesbury, Mainistir Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Tewkesbury Abbey is a cathedral in england south east, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 800. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, commonly known as Tewkesbury Abbey, is located in the town of Tewkesbury in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. A former Benedictine monastery, it is now a parish church. Considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Britain, it has "probably the largest and finest Romanesque" crossing tower in England. Tewkesbury had been a centre for worship since the 7th century. A priory was established there in the 10th century. The present building was started in the early 12th century. It was unsuccessfully used as a sanctuary in the Wars of the Roses. After the dissolution of the monasteries, Tewkesbury Abbey became the parish church for the town. George Gilbert Scott led the restoration of the building in the late 19th century. The church and churchyard within the abbey precincts include tombs and memorials to many of the aristocracy of the area. Services have been high church but now include Parish Eucharist, choral Mass, and Evensong. These services are accompanied by one of the church's three organs and choirs. There is a ring of twelve bells, hung for change ringing.
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Background
History
of themselves and of the Abbey Gules, a cross raguly or. Tewkesbury Abbey Founders Book, folio 8 verso, Bodleian Library, Oxford]] The Chronicle of Tewkesbury records that the first Christian worship was brought to the area by Theoc, a missionary from Northumbria, who built his cell in the mid-7th century near a gravel spit where the Severn and Avon rivers join. The cell was succeeded by a monastery in 715, but nothing remaining of it has been identified. In the 10th century the religious foundation at Tewkesbury became a priory subordinate to the Benedictine Cranborne Abbey in Dorset. In 1087, William the Conqueror gave the manor of Tewkesbury to his cousin, Robert Fitzhamon, who, with…
Description
The church itself is one of the finest Norman buildings in England. Its massive crossing tower is noted in Pevsner's Buildings of England to be "probably the largest and finest Romanesque example in England". Fourteen of England's cathedrals are of smaller dimensions, while only Westminster Abbey contains more medieval church monuments. <gallery> File:Southwest face, Tewkesbury Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1037447.jpg|The tall Norman arch of the facade is unique in England File:Tewkesbury abbey 04.JPG|The nave of Tewkesbury Abbey File:Tewkesbury Abbey Lord Ismay Garter Banner 01.JPG|Garter banner of the late Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay in Tewkesbury Abbey </gallery>
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- Coordinates
- 51.9903, -2.1604
- County
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Tewkesbury
- Parish
- Tewkesbury
- Postcode
- GL20 5SN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tewkesbury
- Established
- 800
- Official site
- www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q3405514 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tewkesbury Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tewkesbury Abbey?
- Tewkesbury Abbey is in Gloucestershire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode GL20 5SN), in the parish of Tewkesbury.
- When was Tewkesbury Abbey built?
- Built or established in 800.
- How do I get to Tewkesbury Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL20 5SN. It sits within the Tewkesbury parliamentary constituency.