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The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, more usually called Dorchester Abbey, is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. It was formerly a Norman abbey church and was built on the site of a Saxon cathedral .
Dorchester on Thames (or Dorchester-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wallingford and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. The town is a few hundred yards from the confluence of the River Thames and River Thame. A common practice of the scholars at Oxford was to refer to the river Thames ...
The Old Schoolroom, part of the former 14th-century guest house of the abbey, has displays of artefacts, illustrations and maps concerning the history of Dorchester and its surroundings. The area has been inhabited for over 6,000 years. It also houses a historical archive. The Cloister Gallery is a new gallery on the northern wall of the Abbey ...
This is a list of former monastic buildings in England that continue in use as parish churches or chapels of ease.. Bath Abbey. Nearly a thousand religious houses (abbeys, priories and friaries) were founded in England and Wales during the medieval period, accommodating monks, friars or nuns who had taken vows of obedience, poverty and chastity; each house was led by an abbot or abbess, or by ...
Dorchester on Thames: Abbey: 1140–1536: 18 July 1963 ... Churchyard cross approximately 6 metres south of Dorchester Abbey: Church of St Andrew East Hagbourne: Church:
Birinus (also Berin, Birin; c. 600 – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of Dorchester [1] and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity.
Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, 1536–1837 [24] The Collegiate Church and Royal Free Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury, until 1856 [25] St Mary's Church, Stafford [26]
Abbey Guest House Dorchester on Thames: Guest House: Late 15th century: 18 July 1963 1047864 ... Dorchester-on-Thames: Roman Catholic church: 1849: 14 May 1986