Evesham Abbey
Benedictine house founded by Saint Edwin, c.701, in Worcestershire, England, and dedicated to Our Lady.
Secular canons were installed, 941; the monks were restored by Saint Dunstan and Saint Ethelwold, 960.
Exemption from episcopal jurisdiction was confirmed by Rome, 1260, and the abbey became one of the largest in England; it had two dependent cells in England and one in Denmark.
Surrendered to Henry VIII, 1539, its demolition began, and only a few isolated fragments remain, including the great bell tower built by Abbot Clement Lichfield, c.1533.
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