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Today (video 205) we visited Tewkesbury Abbey in England! Enjoy!
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Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England 31st August 2009
Video of Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England
Filmed on Monday, 31st August 2009
Glorious Tewkesbury Abbey
Here I take a look around one of England's finest Norman Abbeys' with a massive crossing tower & probably the largest & finest Romanesque tower's in England.
The Abbey was founded in 1087 by the nobleman Robert FitzHamon. The building of the present abbey was began in 1102 and consecrated in 1121.The Abbey dominates the little picturesque town of Tewksbury in Gloucestershire and is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery.
Between 1321 & 1335, the tower and nave vaults were rebuilt in the Decorated Style.
In 1539 the inhabitants of Tewksbury saved the abbey from destruction as a result of the Dissolution of the monasteries. Insisting that it was their parish church, which they had a right to keep, they bought it from King Henry VIII for £453, the value of the bells and lead roof which would have been salvaged and melted down, leaving the structure a roofless ruin.
Tewkesbury Town
Tewkesbury Town
Join me for a walk around the lovely riverside town of Tewkesbury in the southwest of England. It's famous for its Abbey, alleyways and black and white Tudor buildings.
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Tewkesbury Abbey
Aerial video and photographs of Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Tewkesbury Abbey: Explore Robert fitzHamon's Parish Church in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
After leaving Cardiff Bay we went to Monmouth Castle. There were only a couple of walls, but the military museum next to it had some interesting stuff. Monmouth Castle was built from 1066-1067 by William fitzOsbern; the same man who built Chepstow. It sits on a hill overlooking the River Monnow. It was briefly held by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, then by Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, who rebuilt the timber structure in stone and added the Great Hall. King Edward II was held as prisoner at Monmouth briefly, and King Henry V, son of Henry Bolingbroke and Mary de Bohun, was born there. Oliver Cromwell had the castle slighted in 1646, and the round tower collapsed after an attack on 30 of March. The Great House was built in 1673 on the site, and is now the home of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Militia and their museum. Following are links to people associated with Monmouth Castle that we are descended from:
William fitzOsbern
Mary de Bohun
King Edward II
Edmund Crouchback
Since Monmouth turned out to be nothing much, we managed to get to Tewkesbury barely in time to go in. As with most churches, except for Canterbury, it was free. We had planned to stay the night around there and visit the abbey the next morning, but I saw a sign for the abbey before we saw any hotels so we stopped. The sign out front (or was it back?) said we had about an hour before they closed the gate, but we left after that time and they were still open. People were arriving so there must have been something going on.
Officially called the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury Abbey is deceptively large and beautiful. Other pictures, taken from vantage points we didn't have access to, give a better indication of the size and building style. Even before entering the church we were impressed by the enormous Deodar Cedar and Copper Beech trees.
Building of the abbey began in 1102 by Robert fitzHamon. He was wounded at Falaise in Normandy and died in 1107, but the work was continued by his son-in-law, Robert fitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester. However, there had been centers of Christian worship on the site, or near to it, since the mid-7th century. The church was made of Caen Stone imported from Normandy and floated up the Severn River.
Following the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 some Lancastrians fled into the abbey, but the Yorkists forced their way in and slaughtered them. The church was closed for a month so it could be cleaned and re-consecrated. It was surrendered to the Crown at the Dissolution of the Monasteries on 9 January 1539. The townspeople claimed it was their parish church and bought it from the Crown for the value of its bells and lead roof, totaling £453. The bell tower was used as the jail, or gaol, until it was demolished in the late 18th century. The original central tower, the largest Romanesque tower in England, was topped with a wooden spire, but that collapsed in 1559 and was never rebuilt.
Of interest are the church's organs, three of them, one dating to the 17th century though it has been rebuilt several times. Also there are many well known and important people buried there. Below are links to our pages for some of them.
Robert fitzRoy, Earl of Gloucester (we have listed him as Robert the King's Son de Caen)
Robert fitzHamon
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford
Gilbert the Red Earl de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
Hugh le Despenser - both the Elder and the Younger
Tewkesbury Abbey Official Site
Tewkesbury Abbey on Facebook
Tewkesbury Abbey
Unlike most of my videos, no music is required.
It's all a bit shaky, being hand held shots with a GoPro 4 - I've bought a Steadicam since then. :)
1631 Milton Organ played at Tewkesbury Abbey Gloucestershire England UK
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Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire
Tewkesbury is a medieval gem famed for its timber framed buildings. An ancient settlement situated at the meeting of the rivers Avon and Severn, a delight for those seeking 'Olde England'.
Tewkesbury Abbey
My visit to the Abbey in 2011.
Although the Abbey was founded in 1087 by nobleman Robert FitzHamon, building of the present Abbey did not start until 1102. Built to house Benedictine monks, the Norman Abbey was near completion when consecrated in 1121.
Embellishments to the long nave roof and the apsidal chancel were made in the first half of the 14th century in the Decorated style. After the dissolution in 1540 most of the claustral buildings and the Lady Chapel were quarried for their materials but the Abbey Church was sold to the parishioners for £453. Changes made since then to the internal configuration have developed to reflect contemporary styles of devotion, currently of the Anglo-Catholic persuasion.
Places to see in ( Tewkesbury - UK )
Places to see in ( Tewkesbury - UK )
Tewkesbury is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. Tewkesbury stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook. Tewkesbury gives its name to the Borough of Tewkesbury, of which the town is the second largest settlement. Tewkesbury lies in the far north of the county, forming part of the border with Worcestershire.
The name Tewkesbury comes from Theoc, the name of a Saxon who founded a hermitage there in the 7th century, and in the Old English language was called Theocsbury. An erroneous derivation from Theotokos enjoyed currency in the monastic period of the town's history. The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses.
The town features many notable Medieval, Tudor buildings, but its major claim to fame is Tewkesbury Abbey, a fine Norman abbey church, originally part of a monastery. Tewkesbury claims Gloucestershire's oldest public house, the Black Bear, dating from 1308. The Abbey Cottages, adjacent to Tewkesbury Abbey, were built between 1410 and 1412. They were restored 1967 to 1972 by the Abbey Lawn Trust, a building preservation charity.
Today Tewkesbury has no railway station. The nearest is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station 2.3 miles from the town center. It was the last mainline station in Gloucestershire to be reopened, as British Rail was being fragmented into Railtrack. The nearby Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway has views of Tewkesbury Abbey en route between Cheltenham Racecourse and Winchcombe. Tewkesbury is served by the M5 and M50 motorways and the A38 and A46 trunk roads. There are frequent direct buses to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station and to Cheltenham.
( Tewkesbury - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Tewkesbury . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Tewkesbury - UK
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Drone footage of Tewkesbury Abbey Golden Hour 2016
Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir: Choir of Tewkesbury Abbey School 1980 (Michael Peterson)
The first recording by the Choir of the Abbey School under the direction of Michael Peterson, July 1980. Originally released on Abbey Records [APS 314].
This choir school was opened in 1973 and closed in July 2006. The choristers are now educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and are known as the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum.
Ascendit Deus (Peter Philips)
Aeterne Rex altissime (Plainsong office hymn)
Non vos relinquam orphanos (William Byrd)
Hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise (tune: “Chislehurst”)
Gaudent in coelis (Richard Dering)
O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
This is the record of John (Orlando Gibbons)
O sing joyfully (Grayston Ives)
O how glorious is the kingdom (Basil Harwood)
Duo seraphim (Richard Dering)
Hymn: Jesus the very thought of thee
O Lord the maker of all things (Mundy)
In Pace (Blitheman)
And I saw a new heaven (Edgar Bainton)
To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul (Sergei Rachmaninov)
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July 2016: Mike, Ros & Roxy pooch visit Tewkesbury and visit the , historic town, Abbey and inland waterways.
Inside Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury Abbey Cotswolds England 2018
COTSWOLDS ENGLAND July, 2018. The Abbey Church of St. Mary in Tewksbury is well worthy of you visit.
Inside Tewkesbury Abbey
Visited the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery.the Norman Abbey consecrated in 1121
Tewkesbury Abbey
Singing Love Divine in this grand setting - brief view from the back.