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Evesham Abbey
In the civil parish of Evesham.
In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Worcestershire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).
The early history of the abbey is involved and uncertain. From its foundation in 701 AD it alternated from a monastic to a collegiate foundation, finally becoming monastic in 989 and lasting until its dissolution in 1539. It seems clear that the Abbey church and its surrounding buildings were destroyed within a few years of the Dissolution. The only parts of the church now to be seen in position are a piece of the west wall of the north transept and the bases of several piers adjacent to it. A number of abbey outbuildings survive, including Abbot Reginalds gateway, (Norman), C16 Belltower, C14 stables, C15 almonry, late C13 chapter-house and C14 gateway. The only remains of the church are a fragment of C12-C13 North transept. Granted licence to crenellate, in 1332 and 1336. The licence of 1332 was for a house beyond the gate of the abbey; the licence of 1336 was for a chapel and other houses adjacent to this house and for the abbey itself. A 'heritage audit' in 2003 suggested that the C18 house called' Abbey Gate' does incorporate the remains of the C14 abbey gatehouse.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1332 May 26.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1336 March 15.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 147472, 147462, 147477, 147471, 147474)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP03744363
PastScape number;
328414
Books
- Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p65, 258, 472
Page, Wm and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds), 1906, VCH, Worcester Vol2 p386-92
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p252, 411
Journal Articles
- Bradley, J and Gaimster, M. (eds), 2004, 'Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2003' Medieval Archaeology Vol48 p272
Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p69-100
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1330-34) p283
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p230
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p507-8
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