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  Glastonbury Abbey
By January, 1539, Glastonbury was the only religious house left standing in all Somerset, and on 19 September, in the same year, the royal commissioners arrived without previous warning.
Meanwhile the commissioners, regarding Glastonbury as part of the royal possessions already in view of the intended attainder of the abbot, proceeded to "dispatch with the utmost celerity" both their business as spoilers and the monks themselves.
Possibly the truth may be that the Glastonbury thorn was originally an individual or "sport", and not a true variety; but if this is so it is certainly remarkable that for four hundred years the peculiarity of the tree has been preserved and transmitted to its progeny.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/glastonbury_abbey.html   (3323 words)

  
 Glastonbury Tor, Chalice Hill, King Arthur, Giants - Crystalinks
Glastonbury is also believed to be the place known in Authurian lore as the Isle of Avalon.
Intertwining the myths and legends of Glastonbury Abbey's history, it is widely believed that finding The Holy Grail Joseph is said to have hidden was years later the purpose behind the quests of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
The configuration of the Mary energy line, containing the phallus-like mediaeval tower of St.Michael, seems to portray a chalice or grail and is thus a potent symbol of the alchemical fusion of universal opposites.
www.crystalinks.com /glastonburytor.html   (3778 words)

  
 GLASTONBURY
The town of Glastonbury, at the heart of the county of Somerset, is one of the best-known places in England.
Glastonbury was one of the wealthiest Abbeys in the land, its Abbot playing a major part in the ruling of England.
There are the stories of Glastonbury as the mythical Isle of Avalon, with its links to King Arthur, his knights of the round table and their search for the Holy Grail.
www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us /teachers/rhhs/jgarner/landscapes_of_england_files/glastonbury.htm   (1991 words)

  
 Welcome To Glastonbury Online
Glastonbury is blessed with a wealth of well maintained and marked public footpaths allowing most of these sites to be reached on foot.
Glastonbury Tor is surrounded by a network of ancient lanes including Stonedown Lane, one of the oldest in Glastonbury, all of which are open to walkers.
Glastonbury Abbey has forty acres of beautifully tended grounds, with two duck ponds, an orchard and a lovely circular walk and Chalice Well welcomes vistors to its peaceful gardens.
www.glastonbury.co.uk /visitors_guide/attractions.htm   (1575 words)

  
 Glastonbury
Glastonbury station was opened on 28-Aug-1854 as the terminus of the Somerset Central Railway (SCR), a broad-gauge (7' 0ΒΌ") line from a junction with the Bristol and Exeter Railway (BandER) at Highbridge.
At Glastonbury itself the early history is very vague and apart from the material about Wells Branch Junction there appear to be very few references to the signalling prior to 1878.
In 1878 the layout at Glastonbury was re-organised with the construction of an additional line alongside the existing track from the station to Wells Branch Junction, which was abolished on 7-Dec-1878.
www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/sdjr/glastonbury.html   (3354 words)

  
 GLASTONBURY, NEW AGE MOVEMENT, KING ARTHUR, MYTHS AND LEGENDS, HIPPIES, CULTS, SECTS, NEW AND CONTEMPORARY RELIGIONS
Glastonbury is a small country town six miles from the ancient cathedral city of Wells.
Throughout the middle-ages Glastonbury was a centre for religious and cultic activities.
The Glastonbury Fair was organised in Pilton by Andrew Kerr, as a "spiritual" festival which Kerr described as a "fertility rite".
www.ucalgary.ca /~nurelweb/books/glastonbury/glast-1.html   (4877 words)

  
 Glastonbury travel guide - Wikitravel
Glastonbury is a small town (9,000 inhabitants) in the English West Country county of Somerset, some 20 miles (35 km) south of Bristol.
Glastonbury is best known for the myths and legends surrounding both Glastonbury Tor, a prominent hill rising up from the surrounding flat landscape, and Glastonbury Abbey, which together have made the town a thriving centre for mystical, new-age, alternative spirituality.
Glastonbury is also well known for the annual Glastonbury Festival, a summer music festival that has been likened to the equivalent of an ongoing Woodstock music festival.
wikitravel.org /en/Glastonbury   (346 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! TRAVEL GUIDE: Glastonbury - Britannia's Magical History Tour
Legend has it that Glastonbury is the cradle of British Christianity, being the first place on the island visited by the missionary "apostle", Joseph of Arimathea.
It was called the "holiest earth in all England", and, as such, was an object of veneration and pilgrimage.The discovery of the grave of King Arthur by the Glastonbury monks in 1190 did much to enhance the attraction value of the abbey.
To accommodate middle class pilgrims to the abbey, a hostel was built in the latter half of the fifteenth century, adjacent to the abbey grounds.
www.britannia.com /travel/magical/magic7.html   (764 words)

  
 Glastonbury
The ruins of Glastonbury were purchased by the Church of England in 1907 for excavation under the direction of Frederick Bligh Bond.
Bond's belief that Glastonbury is connected to Stonehenge and Avebury by leys has been upheld by modern ley investigators; the entire theory of leys, however, remains controversial.
Glastonbury is the site of Christian pilgrimages and seasonal rituals practiced by ritual magicians, witches, and pagans, and of various occult and spiritual festivals.
www.occultopedia.com /g/glastonbury.htm   (1395 words)

  
 Town of Glastonbury, CT - About Our Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Glastonbury is strategically located 9 miles from Hartford, 90 miles from Boston, 102 miles from New York City, 59 miles from Providence and just 20 minutes from the state's major airport.
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Glastonbury was a shipbuilding town, located between the Connecticut River, oak forests, and reliable waterpower.
Glastonbury has been progressive, freeing her slaves in the 1780’s, sixty years before slavery became illegal in the State of Connecticut.
www.glasct.org /Public_Documents/GlastonburyCT_WebDocs/about   (860 words)

  
 glastonbury article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In the early 1900's a chalice was found in Bridies well in Glastonbury and determined by the British museum to be 'consistent with'Syrian or middle eastern artifacts from the period of 100 BC to 300 AD.
Glastonbury is a primary apex that functions in all 3 earth grids..
Glastonbury is an epicenter of the 'New Age', and its energy attracts all types.
www.lightworker.com /HotSpots/glastonbury/glastonburyarticle.shtml   (3772 words)

  
 Glastonbury Tarot Review
The Glastonbury Tarot is a mix of Arthurian, Pagan and Christian influence, and the myths, history, traditions and residents of the small town/sacred site of Glastonbury, England, form the basis of this brilliantly-coloured tarot deck.
What the Glastonbury Tarot aims to do is encapsulate Glastonbury, its inhabitants, history, traditions, and legends, as well as do the unusual and often difficult task of unifying Christian and Pagan history and myth in one deck.
She is currently studying for her Masters Degree in Late Antique religion at Cardiff University (with a dissertation on 'Voodoo' dolls in Graeco-Roman magic!), and is also the co-creator of the forthcoming Sol Invictus: The God Tarot, a deck exploring the myths and legends of male deities throughout the world.
www.aeclectic.net /tarot/cards/glastonbury/review.shtml   (1117 words)

  
 Britannia: Short History of Glastonbury (Somerset)
Glastonbury is a small market town lying amidst orchards and water-meadows in the reclaimed Somerset Levels around Glastonbury Tor.
The establishment was overlord of Glastonbury until the Dissolution in the mid-16th century.
In 1319, Glastonbury was required to return a Member of Parliament, but it did not comply and has not since.
www.britannia.com /history/somerset/glastonbury.html   (317 words)

  
 King Arthur: The Geography--Glastonbury
The notion that Glastonbury was and is and will be Avalon has been around for so long that popular perception accepts it as fact.
Indeed, some researchers think that Glastonbury Tor was once an island, possibly in the 5th and 6th centuries.
As with so many things Arthurian, we don't know for sure whether Glastonbury was Avalon or whether Joseph was ever there or whether even if he was there whether he brought the Holy Grail with him.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/geography5.html   (417 words)

  
 Magical, Mystical Glastonbury - English Culture
Glastonbury was ransacked and all the goods were either sold or added to the King's treasury.
One of the other things that put Glastonbury on the map is the Glastonbury Festival, which is held nearly every year at the end of June and attracts thousands of people from all over the world.
During the festival, Glastonbury is transformed into a tent city, and the town is packed with people from all walks of life.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art44531.asp   (562 words)

  
 Glastonbury Child and Family Services
A big thankyou is also extended to the many sponsors who made this very successful event possible with their donations of food, use of educational materials and promotional opportunities.
Glastonbury had a farm, E I E I O ….
It is also a time for children to demonstrate their talents, skills and abilities and the important role that children play as members of our community.
www.glastonbury.org.au   (245 words)

  
 Saint Michaels Tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
My first visit to Glastonbury was in the late summer of 1986.
Nearing Glastonbury, cycling through emerald green valleys shrouded in fog, it seemed I was entering a magical kingdom.
For those readers desiring more detailed studies of Glastonbury and its environs, consult New Light on the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury, by John Michell, and The Isle of Avalon: Sacred Mysteries of Arthur and Glastonbury, by Nicholas Mann.
www.sacredsites.com /europe/england/glastonbury.html   (1702 words)

  
 Britannia Articles: Was Glastonbury the Isle of Avalon?
Glastonbury was cut off from the mainland by a defensive bank and ditch known today as "Ponter's Ball," while Pomparles (Pont-Perles) or the Perilous Bridge, kept communications open with land to the south.
The Tor, that dominates the countryside around Glastonbury, is said to be the entrance to Annwfn, the Celtic Underworld, and the Palace of Gwynn ap Nudd, the primary Underworld God (and Afallach's brother) stands within it.
So Glastonbury was considered to be the entrance to the Celtic Underworld, be it Annwfn or Avalon, and the town's claim to be the Isle of Avalon may not be quite as outrageous as some think.
www.britannia.com /history/arthur/avalon.html   (472 words)

  
 Glastonbury Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glastonbury was ravaged by the Danes in the 9th century.
The abbey church was enlarged in the 10th century by the Abbot of Glastonbury, Saint Dunstan, the central figure in the 10th century revival of English monastic life, who instituted the Benedictine Rule.
A specimen of Common Hawthorn found at Glastonbury, first mentioned in an early 16th century anonymous metrical Lyfe of Joseph of Arimathea, was unusual in that it flowered twice in a year, once as normal on "old wood" in spring, and once on "new wood" (the current season's matured new growth) in the winter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glastonbury_Abbey   (1722 words)

  
 BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | The Glastonbury legend
More than a chance to get away from it all, more than a chance to see some great music - for many, it is a chance to live a different kind of life - even if it only lasts a few days.
Eleven years earlier, the 34-year-old had inherited 150 acres of countryside at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, at Pilton, Somerset from his father.
Later that night, 1,500 people saw T Rex play Worthy Farm, and the first Glastonbury Festival was born.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/1100918.stm   (706 words)

  
 Glastonbury
Glastonbury has more than its fair share of legends, folklore and romance, and is probably best known for its Arthurian connections, if you discount the popular music festival.
Glastonbury has been attracting visitors for hundreds of years, and it is well worth spending some time visiting its many varied sites.
The tower, which crowns the tor, is all that remains of a church dedicated to St Michael, which fell in an earthquake in 1275.
www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/glastonbury.html   (505 words)

  
 Welcome to Glastonbury Backpackers
Glastonbury Backpackers is situated in the historic Crown Hotel, a 16th-century coaching inn set in the heart of Glastonbury.
The ancient town of Glastonbury is shrouded in legend and myth.
According to Arthurian legend, Glastonbury, or the Isle of Avalon as it was formerly known, is the burial place of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere.
www.glastonburybackpackers.com   (184 words)

  
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In 2006, Glastonbury came to the cinema in a Julien Temple film.
Following the successful cinema and movie festival tour of Julien Temple's Glastonbury film, the DVD is now released.
Glastonbury The Film was released on Monday July 17th and you can order your very own copy at Amazon by clicking on the image to the left. There is a CD of the music from the film which you get by clicking here.
www.glastonbury-festivals.co.uk /film   (266 words)

  
 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Glastonbury was established by King Ine of Wessex.
Kings also were buried at Glastonbury, and in 1191, the monks claimed to have found and reinterred the bones of Arthur and Guinevere.
Monastic discipline began to decline in later centuries, and Glastonbury was dissolved in 1539.
www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/glastonbury.html   (198 words)

  
 Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival is taking a year off in 2006, but is planning to return on 22-24th June 2007.
However, the long awaited release of Julian Temple's film 'Glastonbury' is due for UK release on 14th April, so the Glastonbury addicts don't have to go without their fix this year.
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (to give it its full name since 1990) has been run by Somerset farmer Michael Eavis at Worthy Farm, Pilton - near Glastonbury in Somerset - since 1970, and he continues to run it with massive enthusiasm.
www.efestivals.co.uk /festivals/glastonbury   (288 words)

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