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Book SynopsisA guide to over 60 of Britain’s most notable abbeys and monasteries.
Taking you on a journey that has inspired pilgrims and visitors for centuries, Abbeys and Priories of Britain is the perfect introduction to some of the country’s oldest and most beautiful religious centres.
The guide will take you from the wilds of the Isle of Iona in Scotland and Iona Abbey to Tintern Abbey in the beautiful Wye Valley in Wales, to the pomp and circumstance of Westminster Abbey, shining regally in England’s capital. While many of the entries are now ruins due to Henry VIII’s ‘Dissolution of the Monasteries’ period, a visit still reveals the rich influence and legacy they have had on Britain’s history.
Beautifully illustrated with over 130 stunning colour images, and with concise and accessible history for each entry, this is both a perfect guide and a much-cherished souvenir of a visit.
Includes extended entries on Binham Priory, Blanchland Abbey, Buckfast Abbey, Dryburgh, Fountains Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey, Hexham Abbey, Holyrood Abbey, Jedburgh Abbey, Lindisfarne Priory, Melrose Abbey, Mountgrace Priory, Rievaulx Abbey, Selby Abbey, Strata Florida Abbey, Tewkesbury Abbey, Tintern Abbey, Westminster Abbey, Whitby Abbey and St George’s Windsor.
Trade Review‘A very well-written and well-illustrated book, this will serve as a valuable introduction to many readers, possibly providing holiday itineraries too.’ The Living Church Simon Cotton
Table of ContentsThe Kingdom of Northumbria
- Beverley Minster
- Byland Abbe
- Bolton Abbey
- Lindisfarne Priory
- Hexham Abbey
- Brinkburn Priory
- Blanchland Abbey
- Whitby Abbey
- Rievaulx Abbey
- Jervaulx Abbey
- Lanercost Priory
- Monk Bretton Priory
- Mount Grace Priory
- Fountains Abbey
- Roche Abbey
- Selby Abbey
- Kirkstall Abbey
- Furness Abbey
The Kingdom of Mercia
- Tupholme Abbey
- Haughmond Abbey
- Wenlock Priory
- Abbey Dore
- Pershore Abbey
- Tewkesbury Abbey
- Hailes Abbey
- Dorchester Abbey
East Anglia
- Waltham Abbey
- Binham Priory
- St Benet’s Abbey
- Castle Acre Priory
- Walsingham Priory
- Wymondham Abbey
The Kingdoms of Kent and South Wessex
- Westminster Abbey
- St George’s Chapel, Windsor
- Aylesford Priory
- Battle Abbey
- Canterbury – St Augustine’s Abbey
- Michelham Priory
The Kingdoms of Wessex and Kernow
- Romsey Abbey
- Malmesbury Abbey
- Bath Abbey
- Sherborne Abbey
- Milton Abbey
- Christchurch Priory
- Cleeve Abbey
- Wimborne Minster
- Glastonbury Abbey
- Buckfast Abbey
- St German’s Priory
- Beaulieu Abbey
Scotland
- Jedburgh Abbey
- Kelso Abbey
- Coldingham Priory
- Dryburgh Abbey
- Melrose Abbey
- Dunfermline Abbey
- Pluscarden Abbey
- Dundrennan Abbey
- Holyrood Abbey
- Iona Abbey
- Sweetheart Abbey
Wales
- Tintern Abbey
- Caldey Island
- Llanthony Abbey
- Margam Abbey
- Valle Crucis Abbey
- Neath Abbey
