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The Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is a parish church in the centre of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. St. Mary's has been called "the Westminster Abbey of Wales" because of its large size, and the numerous high status tomb monuments and medieval effigies surviving within it.
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St Mary's Priory is the parish church for the town and community of Abergavenny and is one of the largest and finest parish churches in Wales. The parish stretches from the ancient Llanellen bridge to the top of the Sugar Loaf mountain – reputedly one of the ‘purple-headed mountains’ in the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful.
Abergavenny – Benedictine priory. plan of the priory church according to M.Salter. History. Benedictine monastery with the church of St. Mary was built in the 90s of the 11th century, as a foundation of the first Norman lord of Abergavenny, Hamelin de Ballon, who received lordship in northern Gwent along with Abergavenny castle from William II.
Welcome to ST MARY'S PRIORY, Abergavenny. For over one thousand years, we have served the people of Abergavenny and the surrounding area – after the model of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The website shows how we currently serve the community, and a little about our history.
St Mary’s Priory, Abergavenny, is no ordinary Church; it was founded in 1087 as a Benedictine Priory alongside the frontier castle in the reign of William 2nd, by Hamelin de Ballon, the first Norman Lord of Abergavenny, and was intimately connected with the Lordship thereafter.
The building was constructed for the storage of tithes payable to the church authorities of the Priory Church of St Mary. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the barn was used for a variety of functions, including a theatre in the 17th century and a discotheque in the 20th century. [2]
