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  1. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › glosHouses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Tewkesbury

    Hace 3 días · 2. THE ABBEY OF TEWKESBURY. According to the chronicle of Tewkesbury, Oddo and Dodo, two Saxon lords who lived during the reign of three Mercian kings, Ethelred, Kenred, and Ethelbald, founded the first monastery at Tewkesbury. Modern research has shown that Oddo lived at least 300 years after Dodo.

  2. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › glosThe borough of Tewkesbury: Introduction | British History Online

    Hace 6 días · In 1102 Robert FitzHamon founded the Benedictine abbey of Tewkesbury, providing the other main feature of the town's history. In the 12th century FitzHamon's successors as lords of the honor of Gloucester had a seat at Tewkesbury, which in 1140 was burned by Waleran, Earl of Worcester, and his men.

  3. www.britannica.com › place › Tewkesbury-EnglandTewkesbury | History, Battle & Shakespeare | Britannica

    19 de jun. de 2024 · Tewkesbury, reputedly famous for mustard in William Shakespeare’s day, is a centre for boating and angling, especially on the slow-flowing Avon. The town’s main industries are flour milling, engineering, and boatbuilding.

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  5. www.british-history.ac.uk › vch › glosThe borough of Tewkesbury: Churches | British History Online

    15 de jun. de 2024 · The site and gardens of Abbey Lawn House, fronting on the Crescent in High Street, were part of the gift of 1939, which established the Abbey Lawn Trust to improve the abbey and its setting. Abbey Lawn House was demolished in 1964, (fn. 162) and its site thrown into the churchyard.

  6. prod.british-history.ac.uk › vch › glosThe borough of Tewkesbury: Local government | British History ...

    Hace 5 días · The facts that the borough covered, from 1610, the whole area of the parish, and that the bailiffs, burgesses, and commonalty of the town had bought the abbey church from the Crown, also gave the borough more influence than it would otherwise have had in matters that belonged properly to the parish. Seignorial government, liberties ...

  7. tewkesbury.cotswolds.info › heritageTewkesbury Heritage Trail Gloucestershire England UK - Cotswolds

    Hace 5 días · The building of the Abbey was started in 1090 and was consecrated in 1121. The inside of the building has massive Norman pillars and the central tower is said to be the finest Norman tower in the World.

  8. www.britannica.com › place › Tewkesbury-district-EnglandTewkesbury | Medieval Town, River Severn, Battle of Tewkesbury

    5 de jun. de 2024 · Tewkesbury, borough (district), administrative county of Gloucestershire, south-central England, north of the city of Gloucester. The town of Tewkesbury is the administrative centre. Most of the borough belongs to the historic county of Gloucestershire, but the villages of Teddington and Chaceley.