Glastonbury Abbey

[poliphilo]

The west end of the Abbey church with the tower of the parish church in the background



Carving over the southern entrance to the Abbey church



The Abbot's kitchen- the only fully intact building left on site.



Dried fish in the Abbot's kitchen.

Comments

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Wonderful pictures - Thank you. What is the background to the Abbey. When was it abandoned - 'Ennery the 8th or what?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, Henry VIII dissolved it- along with all the rest. The last abbot- Richard Whyting- opposed the king and was executed as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

so much history, so much blood........... makes good for tourism though.