Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII. At the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery in England, behind only Syon Abbey.[1]
^William Page & J. Horace Round, ed. (1907). 'Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. pp. 115–122.
ShaftesburyAbbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation...
Blackmore Vale, part of the River Stour basin. Shaftesbury is the site of the former ShaftesburyAbbey, which was founded in 888 by King Alfred and became...
Wareham. A year later, his body was translated with great ceremony to ShaftesburyAbbey in Dorset. Contemporary writers do not name the murderer, but almost...
given in A.D. 948 to the Abbess of Shaftesbury by King Eadred and probably remained in the possession of ShaftesburyAbbey during the Middle Ages until Henry...
Marie (died 1215/16) was an abbess of ShaftesburyAbbey during the 12th century, from at least 1181 to 1215. She was the illegitimate daughter of Count...
Simon (1999). "King Alfred the Great and ShaftesburyAbbey". Studies in the Early History of ShaftesburyAbbey. Dorset County Council. ISBN 978-0-8521-6887-5...
who died in 944. She and her mother Wynflæd were benefactors to ShaftesburyAbbey, where Ælfgifu was buried and venerated as a saint. Ælfhere, the ealdorman...
Given that the estate at Felpham had come into the ownership of ShaftesburyAbbey by the time of the Domesday Survey in the 1080s, Susan Kelly suggests...
primarily connected to royal foundation at ShaftesburyAbbey, with further connections to royal nunnery at Wilton Abbey. There is ongoing debate if she was the...
that speaks of a bequest made to the 'Holy Cross' at ShaftesburyAbbey in Dorset; Shaftesburyabbey was founded by King Alfred, supported with a large portion...
grant by his grandmother Wynflæd of land to ShaftesburyAbbey. Ælfgifu was also a benefactor of ShaftesburyAbbey; when she died in 944 she was buried there...
Keynes (1999). "King Alfred the Great and ShaftesburyAbbey". Studies in the Early History of ShaftesburyAbbey. Dorset County Council. Todd Preston, King...
de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia Eulalia (abbess of Shaftesbury), an abbess of ShaftesburyAbbey in Dorset (England) Eulalia Ares de Vildoza (1809–1884)...
meaning 'village in a narrow valley', plus "abbas" which refers to ShaftesburyAbbey (the land was owned by the abbess). The church, St. Mary's, was built...
Chetham Society. Keen, Laurence (1999). Studies in the Early History of ShaftesburyAbbey. Dorchester: Dorset County Council. ISBN 9780852168875. Knowles, David...
adopted by John Clansey, and was in due course placed in the convent at ShaftesburyAbbey. Following the dissolution of the monasteries under Thomas Cromwell...
Lives of the Saints, Vol. VII, 1866 Studies in the Early History of ShaftesburyAbbey, Dorset County Council, 1999 "The Calendar". The Church of England...
Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury...
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