Title

Waverley Abbey, c13th century, (c1990-2010) Artist

Caption

Waverley Abbey, Surrey, c13th century, (c1990-2010). Reconstruction drawing of interior of abbey church, c20th century. Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128 by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester and located in Farnham, Surrey. The abbey was closed in 1536 as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Date

1990

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B34_438

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,0Mb (4,3Mb) / 15,7in x 12,9in / 4718 x 3855 (300dpi)

Keywords

England interior indoors religious architecture arts country sunlight sun religion science art solar system astronomy British English color colour cross death Christianity tomb mausoleum perspective location century drawing burial Britain inside abbey concept Surrey 21st century reconstruction Cistercian Thirteenth Century 13th century English Heritage 12th century 2000s Farnham TGN King of England English Heritage William King Henry VIII Henry VIII Giffard Ivan Lapper Lapper Ivan Waverley Abbey William Giffard King Henry VIII William Giffard