Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Malmesbury Abbey as seen from the banks of the River Avon to its north near the Old Abbey Mill. A nunnery was first documented here in 603. A monastery was founded during the abbacy of Aldhelm (c675-705). It became Benedictine in the reign of Edgar (959–975) and remained so until dissolved in 1539.

Location

Wiltshire Malmesbury

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

mill abbey river monastery religion benedictine dissolution