Glastonbury Abbey – one of the oldest churches in Britain
The Glastonbury Abbey has some historical and beautiful ruins to help attract visitors all over the world. With the Glastonbury Abbey it allows people to step back in time to visit a wide range of events.
The abbey was a monastery that is located in Glastonbury, Somerset England and because of the ruins it is listed as a grade I building, and is basically an open attraction for the public. During the 7th century was when the Glastonbury Abbey was founded and during the 10th century it started to become more enlarged.
In the year 1184 the buildings were destroyed because of a huge fire and then in the 14th century it was rebuilt by powerful monasteries in England who were known around to be some of the most powerful and richest monasteries around. The abbey sets out to be 36 acres of parkland that is open to the public and this great church was 220 feet and choir ranged from 155 feet. One of the best preserved medieval kitchens is known to be the Abbots Kitchen which was attached to the Lady Chapel interior of the abbey. The abbey library was described as containing some unique copies of ancient histories that came right out of England.
Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England, UK
There also were some early Christian documents found as well. Although it was affected by the fire 1184 it still held a great collection up until 1539 when it then was dispersed to the monasteries. Throughout the walls of the abbey which is closed to the general public is the Abbey retreat house which is currently used by the Diocese of Bath and Wells, during the years 1850 and 1860 the Abbey retreat house was altered and expanding to a larger size and in 1957 there were further alterations that had been done to the Abbey retreat.
In modern history the Glastonbury Abbey went on to be purchased from the Bath and Wells Diocesan Trust in the year of 1908, nowadays the property of the ruins is now the property of the Church of England and the church then appointed Fredrick Bligh Bond to help and conduct an archeological investigation of Glastonbury Abbey.
