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Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury

With Some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire

2018-10-16 22:27:34

The Chronicles of the Abbey tell us that the first monastery at Tewkesbury was built by two Saxon nobles, Oddo and Doddo, in or about the year 715, a time when Mercia was flourishing under Ethelred, and later, under Kenred and Ethelbald. It was dedic ... Read more
The Chronicles of the Abbey tell us that the first monastery at Tewkesbury was built by two Saxon nobles, Oddo and Doddo, in or about the year 715, a time when Mercia was flourishing under Ethelred, and later, under Kenred and Ethelbald. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and endowed with the manor of Stanway and other lands for the support of the Benedictine monks who, under a Prior, were there installed. Oddo and Doddo died soon afterwards, and were buried in the abbey church of Pershore. Less

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File size4827.502 KB
Print pages172
PublisherPublic Domain books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN3849519821
Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé. Born 1860. Died 1936. Active: 1888 - 1911. Teacher, author. Born in Sydenham, Kent. Locations....

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