Ewenny Priory
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Ewenny Priory, in Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, was a monastery of the Benedictine order, founded in the 12th century. The priory was unusual in having extensive military-style defences and
"The most complete and impressive Norman ecclesiastical building in Glamorgan"
Transept of Ewenny Priory by J. M. W. Turner
An engraving of the priory complex from 1741
Ewenny Priory exterior
Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the Riv
Ewenny Priory
…The priory was founded by Maurice de Londres in 1141. Maurice granted the Norman church of St. Michael to the abbey of St. Peter at Gloucester, now Gloucester Cathedral, together with the church of St Brides Major and the chapel at Ogmore "in order that a convent of monks might be formed". The church had been built in…
Gloucester Cathedral exterior 2019
The Quire with the Great East Window behind - in 1350, when installed, it was the largest window in the world
The West Window
The Quire's vaulted ceiling