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St. Edgar's and St. Mary's Chapels, Glastonbury Abbey, c. 1860, by Frank M Good Suggestions that Glastonbury may have been a site of religious importance in Celtic or pre-Celtic times are considered dubious by the historian Ronald Hutton, [1] but archaeological investigations by the University of Reading have demonstrated Roman and Saxon occupation of the site.
Behind the altar is the statue of Our Lady St Mary of Glastonbury, which was executed in 1955. Either side is a large tapestry which was woven by the Edinburgh Tapestry Company. It depicts the three Glastonbury Martyrs – Abbot Richard Whiting , his treasurer John Thorne and their companion Roger James – before they were hanged, drawn and ...
The term former cathedral in this list includes any Christian [1] church (building) in Great Britain which has been the seat of a bishop, [2] but is not so any longer. The status of a cathedral, for the purpose of this list, does not depend on whether the church concerned is known to have had a formal "throne" (or cathedra) nor whether a formal territory or diocese was attached to the church ...
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Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. [2] The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument .
The chapel was built by Abbot Richard Bere who was well known for being a master builder in his time. Construction started in 1512 and was finished five years later. It originally sat next to St. Patrick's Almshouses for women, which were demolished during the Suppression of the Monasteries along with most of Glastonbury Abbey around 1539 after the execution of the last Abbot, Richard Whiting.
The church was a dependent chapel of the nearby Church of St John the Baptist and both were under the control of Glastonbury Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. [1] It is now part of a benefice with St Johns and St Mary's & All Saints Church in the village of Meare within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. [5]
The father-daughter team of Michael and Emily Eavis declared the festival open at 8am on Wednesday. Michael founded Glastonbury Festival in 1970 which was attended by 1500 people – a fraction of ...