Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Abingdon-on-Thames in the modern county of Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. Situated near to the River Thames, it was founded in c. 675 AD and was dedic
The Long Gallery at Abingdon Abbey.
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, was the rectory of the abbey.
The "Abingdon Missal", dated to 1461, depicts the donor and the Abbey's abbot William Ashenden kneeling to the bottom left of the crucifixion. The manuscript is held by the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Long Gallery, Abingdon Abbey
Eadred was King of the English from 26 May 946 until his death in 955. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Eadgifu. When his elder brother, Edmund I, was killed in 946, Edmu
Silver penny, obverse, inscribed 'EADRED REX'
HT1 style reverse inscribed 'INGELGAR M'
Portrait of Dunstan kneeling before Christ, probably by Dunstan himself