Glastonbury Abbey
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Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
Glastonbury Abbey church ruin seen from the east end of the apse
St. Edgar's and St. Mary's Chapels, Glastonbury Abbey, c. 1860, by Frank M Good
One of the earliest surviving manuscripts, now at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, telling that Dunstan the abbot gave orders for the writing of this book
Photochrom image taken around 1900, showing the unrestored interior of the Lady Chapel
Glastonbury
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Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury is less than 1 mile (2 km) across the River Brue from Street, which is now larger than Glastonbury.
A view of Glastonbury from the Tor
Remains of St Michael's Church at the summit of Glastonbury Tor
Magdalene Chapel
Hospital of St Mary Magdalene