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26: 1330: 628: 621: 349:. In the early sixteenth century Winchcombe Abbey was known as a centre of learning under Abbot Richard Kidderminster (1488–1527), who was also a renowned preacher and acted as an ambassador for Henry VII. The quality of the stonemasons at Winchcombe was known to be very high, and it was a Winchcombe master mason who built the 526:
The great Benedictine Abbey, known as St Mary and St Kenelm from 969, has disappeared more completely than almost any other of comparable stature. The land on which it stood is now in private ownership and inaccessible. From the churchyard however may be seen a stone cross in the grounds of the
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According to more recent research, the original foundation by Offa in 787 was for a community of nuns, to which Coenwulf added a community of men in 811 to create a double monastery. The nunnery ceased to exist sometime after 897.
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over the abbey gate now rests over the gate of what was once the George Inn. Fragments of the abbey can still be seen in various places in Winchcombe, notably the Corner Cupboard Inn on the Cheltenham road.
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23 December 1539 – Winchcombe Abbey is surrendered to the crown and the monks are pensioned off. The Abbey buildings are quickly demolished the stone being re-used in other buildings
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A stone cross was erected in the 19th century to mark the centre of the abbey tower. Very little now remains of the Abbey; more remains of its great nearby rival,
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Winchcombe Abbey was surrendered to the Crown and then demolished in 1539. Some of its stones can still be found in Winchcombe; for example the
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The abbey was refounded in 970 after the disruptions of the Danish invasions, and the first abbot of the new establishment was
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adjacent property. This was erected in the nineteenth century to mark the centre of the tower of the former monastery.
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in the 1570s; a collection of abbey stone that was retrieved from the castle gardens are displayed in its dungeons.
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The main abbey is now gone, however the attached Parish Church of St. Peter is in active use
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29 August 1151 – Fire destroys much of Winchcombe, including the Abbey
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798 – King Kenulf of Mercia gives instructions for building an abbey
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Saxon stone cross dating to 1020-1050 in St Catherine's Church,
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The abbey itself was in the grounds to the east end of the
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The Heads of Religious Houses, England and Wales, 940–1216
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used the ruins as a quarry during his redevelopment of
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Christian monasteries established in the 8th century
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Wormington
Order
Benedictine
Scheduled monument
St. Mary
King Coenwulf of Mercia
Germanus of Winchester
Winchcombe
Gloucestershire
Coordinates
51°57′12″N 1°58′1″W / 51.95333°N 1.96694°W / 51.95333; -1.96694
Benedictine
abbey
Winchcombe
Gloucestershire
Mercia
Anglo Saxon
Heptarchy
England
monks
Offa of Mercia
Coenwulf of Mercia
Saint Kenelm
Germanus of Winchester
parish church
pilgrims
Early Middle Ages
acres
Snowshill Manor

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