Exterior view of Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK.
"Malmesbury Abbey was built in the 12th century for the glory and worship of God." "This building is the third abbey to stand on this site. The first was St Aldhelm’s earliest church, before he oversaw the construction of a larger, stone complex of churches located where the current graveyard lies. The present Abbey dates from 1180, and was added to in the following 200 years with a great spire that was the tallest building in England at the time, and a tower at the West End. But in the late 15th century – a generation before Henry VIII’s cull of the monasteries – the great spire fell, followed by the tower 100 years later. Only the nave of this once huge abbey remains." Malmesbury Abbey website info
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Location: Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: abbey, britain, england, exterior, malmesbury, southern, uk, wiltshire
