Articles

• Introduction to abbeys section looks at what you can find, how as a time detective you can deduce far more and introduces the other information within this section.

Background Information

• Christianity in Britain, looks at how Christianity arrived in Britain and the early history, including the development of Celtic and Roman branches of the Christian faith and their amalgamation.

• The development of Monasteries and Abbeys in Britain  looks at how monasteries came about, the development of the brands, numbers involved and why each developed and eventually fell out of favour.

• Dissolution of the Monasteries looks at the background to, and what was going on in Europe, what led to and the results of the dissolution of the monasteries, which had little to do with who Henry VIII wished to marry.

• The layout of a Monastery or Abbey,  looks at an early complete design of a Benedictine Monastery, and also looks at some later differences.

• A Day at the Abbey, looks at the life of the monks who lived there and how they used much of the space we discover in buildings now.

• Britain's Buildings

• Time Line of Britain's Buildings

Photography

• How to photograph a derelict abbey.

• How to photograph an abbey or cathedral that is still in use.

Location Guides

Are accessible from the lists below, or you can see a full list by clicking here

Listings of Abbeys and Religious Buildings

• List of featured Abbeys and other religious buildings

• List of cathedrals and other substantial churches in current use

• List of Abbeys and Religious Buildings by County (see below)

• Complete and detailed list of abbeys in alphabetical order (coming)

• Topic Index - Abbeys

Galleries

• Forde Abbey, Somerset

Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire

Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire

Muchelney Abbey, Somerset

Tintern Abbey, South Wales

• Bedfordshire

• Berkshire

• Buckinghamshire

• Cambridgeshire

• Cheshire

• Cornwall

• Cumberland

• Cumbria

• Derbyshire

• Devon

• Dorset

• Durham

• Essex 

• Gloucestershire

• Hampshire

• Herefordshire

• Hertfordshire

• IOW

• Kent 

• Lancashire

• Leicestershire 

• Lincolnshire 

• London 

• Middlesex

• Norfolk 

• Northamptonshire 

• Northumberland

• Nottinghamshire

• Oxfordshire

• Rutland 

• Shropshire

• Somerset

• Staffordshire

• Suffolk 

• Surrey

• Sussex 

• Warwickshire

• Westmorland

• Wiltshire

• Worcestershire

• Yorkshire

Penmon Priory, Penmon, Anglesey

Tintern Abbey, South Wales

SCOTLAND

Balnakeil Church, nr Durness, Sutherland

Dundrennan Abbey, Dumfriesshire

Once these have been done we will also add a full alpha list.

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