Window on the Past, Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England
Early morning light streaming through a window at Reading Abbey Reading Berkshire England There is a mist in the distance shrouding fencing placed there during building works aimed at making the ancient monument safe Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by Henry I As one of the wealthiest abbeys in medieval England it changed the shape of Reading making it the most important town in the Thames valley After the Dissolution in 1539 the buildings were used as a stone quarry and most of them rapidly disappeared Today you can see the remaining romantic ruins in the Forbury Gardens Henry I was buried in the abbey The round Sumer is Icumen in written down at the abbey is the oldest known canonical music in Britain
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Location: Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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