Dorset - Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden
Park WalkShaftesbury SP7 8JR South West England UK
Tel: 01747 852910
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Shaftsbury Abbey will be closed to visitors for approx 1 year - further details as to when it will reopen to be public will be posted
Welcome to the historic and peaceful atmosphere of this ancient religious
site.
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History
King Alfred founded this abbey in 888AD - the first nunnery not connected to
a male community and became the model for all other royal nunneries. His
daughter, Aethelgifu, was the first Abbess.
Patronage and pilgrims to the shrine of Saxon boy-kink St Edward, king and
Martyr, made the Abbey rich and famous.
On Henry VIIIs order the Abbey was closed in 1539. The stones were soon sold
and many buildings in and around Shaftesbury claim to have been built of
Abbey stones.
Garden
Anglo-Saxon herb Collection
The monasteries and abbeys were in the forefront of knowledge of useful
plants and today round 100 different plants a colourful display in the summer
months.
Medieval Fruit Trees
This collection represents some of the variety of apples and pears commonly
grown during the period.
Place
The excavated foundations of the Abbey church lie in a walled garden.
Park Walk
The entrance on this promenade has views over the Blackmore Vale, lands once
owned by the Abbess.
Gold Hill
The massive ramparts are all that remain of the original precinct wall that
would have surrounded the Abbey.
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