Title

Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, 2010.

Caption

Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, 2010. Tewkesbury Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1107. The church was saved from destruction in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries when the townspeople bought the building in order to be able to continue to use it as their parish church. Edward, Prince of Wales, who was killed in the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4th May 1471 during the War of the Roses, is buried in the church.

Date

1910

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D83_047

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England religious architecture monastery country religion British English church color colour medieval Christian Christianity location Britain abbey outside Gloucestershire benedictine tewkesbury mediaeval Middle Ages PETER THOMPSON church tower Tewkesbury Abbey TGN photograph The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary Peter Thompson Thompson Peter PTM photograph