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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Glastonbury Abbey
		Glastonbury, and later became abbot there, ruling the monastery, except for one brief period of banishment, until his elevation to the episcopate.
		Glastonbury to worship at the tomb of one of their worthies, a Patrick, though doubtless not the Apostle of the Irish, which seems a clear proof of an independent Irish tradition confirming the local one mentioned above.
		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.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06579a.htm (3776 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.
		The Abbey was built according to a prehistoric arcance tradition of sacred geometry known to the masons of the Middle Ages.
		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.
	www.crystalinks.com /glastonburytor.html (3778 words)

	Welcome to Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, United Kingdom.
		Glastonbury Abbey is located northwest of Chalice Hill in the centre of old Glastonbury.
		The ruins are as impressive as they are dramatic and the abbey is thought to have been founded by Kinge Ine in around 700 A.D. Over time this became a very influential centre and at the time of the Norman invasion it owned extensive lands in the county of Somerset.
		The abbey continued to wield great influence and power in the region until the arrival of Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 which forced its closure.
	www.birminghamuk.com /glastonburyabbey.htm (281 words)

	Glastonbury - Isle of Avalon - Glastonbury Abbey England (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry spot on the Somerset Levels, 30 miles south of Bristol.
		In 1191, monks at the Abbey claimed to have found the graves of Arthur and Guinevere to the south of the Lady Chapel of the Abbey church, which was visited by a number of contemporary historians including Giraldus Cambrensis.
		The ruins of the abbey are open to visitors; the abbey had a violent end during the Dissolution and the buildings were further destroyed as their stones were removed for use in local building work.
	www.travelbritain.com /England/Glastonbury/index.html (943 words)

	Welcome To Glastonbury Online
		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.
		At the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539, the church passed to the Crown, and the rent was raised to £1 2s.
	www.glastonbury.co.uk /visitors_guide/attractions.htm (1575 words)

	Goddess in Glastonbury - Kathy Jones' website (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glastonbury is one of those places where the very shape of the landscape speaks to the people who visit or live upon Her slopes.
		The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lie in the Vagina of the Birth Goddess in the heart of the town of Glastonbury.
		The Mary Chapel in the Abbey lies in the Vulva of the Birth-Giving Goddess of Glastonbury.
	www.kathyjones.co.uk /glastonburygoddess.html (4860 words)

	Glastonbury (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Abbey certainly promoted itself in the middle ages and made certain that the fame of the region was well publicised to further line their own pockets.
		The heart of the Abbey was the Abbey Church where the choir monks lived a life of prayer complemented by writing, teaching, illuminating manuscripts, caring for the sick and poor and looking after the pilgrims visiting the monastery.
		Arthur is held to have been buried in the Abbey Grounds with Guinevere and his grave to have been discovered in the Middle Ages by the monks of the Abbey.
	www.mikekemble.com /daytrip/glastonbury.html (1110 words)

	Glastonbury Abbey, a book by Prof James Carley
		Carley writes as a scholar and historian deeply versed in Glastonbury's own chronicles, but is equally aware of the intangible atmosphere of the place – what John Cowper Powys called 'the immemorial mystery of Glastonbury'.
		From obscure beginnings (it may have been a holy place well before the Saxon invasions) Glastonbury grew to be one of the greatest abbeys in England, patronised by kings and magnates alike.
		At the Dissolution Glastonbury Abbey was completely destroyed, its treasures scattered to the four winds.
	www.gothicimage.co.uk /glastabbey.html (297 words)

	EBK: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
		Avalon is traditionally identified as Glastonbury and Arthur is thus assumed to have been buried at the ancient Abbey there.
		In this year, the monks of Glastonbury claimed to have discovered the bodies of both King Arthur and Queen Guinevere between two "pyramids" in their ancient cemetery near the Lady Chapel.
		An Abbey of some sort is indicated at this period by an extant land grant from an early King of Dumnonia (possibly Bledric) dated to 601.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /archaeology/glastab.html (576 words)

	Glastonbury Abbey, Arches of the North Aisle (Getty Museum)
		Glastonbury Abbey, Arches of the North Aisle (Getty Museum)
		The Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary at Glastonbury was one of the oldest abbeys in England.
		The graves of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, the legendary rulers of post-Roman Britain, were allegedly discovered in the cemetery at Glastonbury, and their bones were reburied in the abbey church.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=67119 (172 words)

	radstock4u - Somerset attractions, tourist info, museum - Alphabetical list of westcountry sights
		Downside Abbey Church is one of the finest examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in England, which some describe as a jewel among the churches of Somerset.
		Glastonbury Lake Museum, on the first floor, depicts the discovery of the Iron Age settlement found in the 1980s.
		A 16th century abbot's house standing in the grounds of the second largest Benedictine abbey in Somerset.
	www.radstock4u.com /a_z_somerset/az_somerset.htm (1527 words)

	Glastonbury Abbey
		Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, now presents itself as "traditionally the oldest above-ground Christian church in the world" situated "in the mystical land of Avalon" by dating the founding of the community of monks at 63 A.D., the legendary visit of Joseph of Arimathea who also brought the Grail with him.
		Glastonbury was ravaged by the Danes in the 9th century.
		In Sep 1539 the Abbey was stripped of its valuables and Abbot Stephen Whiting, who had been a signer of the Act of Supremacy that made Henry VIII the head of the church, resisted and was hanged as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/glastonbury_abbey.htm (870 words)

	www.glastonbury.gov.uk - Glastonbury Town Council
		Glastonbury Abbey was the largest landowner in Somerset with one of Europe's major church buildings until it was demolished soon after 1537.
		The land it farmed was the precinct of the derelict abbey.
		It was first to be re-built after a disastrous fire in 1184 that destroyed the abbey that was venerated as the earliest in the land and the burial place of the first kings of all England.
	www.glastonbury.gov.uk /g_gov/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=3401&page_id=54 (2582 words)

	Abbey Ruines (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Patrick hailed Glastonbury as "The holiest earth in England", and was said to have been buried alongside Joseph of Armithea and Holy Mary's gravesites on the grounds.
		Clearly the great Glastonbury Abbey was one of principal targets of this destruction by the divorce seeking King, during the British era of upheaval known as the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
		The Abbott of Glastonbury, Richard Whiting, refusing to bend to the dissolution, was hanged and quartered by Henry Vlll.
	www.lightworker.com /HotSpots/glastonbury/abbeyruinsarticle.shtml (2988 words)

	Glastonbury travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	Magical, Mystical Glastonbury - English Culture
		Glastonbury Abbey claims to be the oldest above ground Christian church in the world.
		In 1539, the abbey fell prey to Henry VIII, in an act known as the Dissolution of Monasteries.
		Glastonbury was ransacked and all the goods were either sold or added to the King's treasury.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art44531.asp (551 words)

	Glastonbury - Britannia's Magical History Tour
		Apart from the Arthurian legends, Glastonbury Abbey was, for centuries,an important center for scholarly and religious pursuit.
		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 (754 words)

	Isle of Avalon - Glastonbury Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This tradition and that of Joseph of Arimathaea, who is said to have come to Glastonbury as a political exile with twelve followers not long after the crucifixion to found the world's first purpose-built church, has for long led Glastonbury to be called England's holyest earthe.
		The Abbey was destroyed in the 1530s by Henry VIII's men, and by locals who resented its by then overwhelming local influence, during a time of cultural cleansing when England turned Protestant.
		Today the Abbey is still a place of pilgrimage for people of many persuasions, and there are sizeable Anglican and Catholic pilgrimages each year in July.
	www.isleofavalon.co.uk /avalon-abbey.html (354 words)

	Glastonbury
		Bond was extraordinarily successful in locating unknown chapels and parts of the abbey, and concluded that the abbey's construction had involved sacred geometry known by the builders of the Egyptian pyramids and passed down through the stonemasons.
		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 (1388 words)

	Avalon Glastonbury Abbey
		Glastonbury Abbey ist wirklich ein heiliger Platz - wie immer man 'heilig' auch definieren mag.
		It was the last of the Abbeys to be closed (in 1539) by Henry VIII in the forcible conversion of the English to Anglicanism.
		Glastonbury Abbey indeed is a holy place - however you define 'holy' to be.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Crete/2682/300isle/330abbey.html (424 words)

	In Nomine: Glastonbury Abbey
		Glastonbury Abbey, in West Somerset, has been home to a monestary offically since 673 AD, when a Benedictine Order officially took residence.
		Laurence, himself well acquainted with Glastonbury, arranged for Cai to be released from his service and entered into hers, and the two Archangels sponsored the Cherub to be Seneschal of Glastonbury Abbey.
		Today, Glastonbury Abbey is a small but stable Tether of some repute, and thousands of pilgrims (and far more tourists) come to Glastonbury to see the sights and dream of ancient kings.
	www.annotations.com /innomine/locations/gabbey.html (668 words)

	Glastonbury - Abbey, Tor and Chalice Well - Glastonbury, Somerset
		Glastonbury contains 3 major sites of antiquity for those who are interested in Arthurian legend and British mythology in general.
		Legend also states that Joseph of Arimathea came to Glastonbury and built a church where the Lady Chapel stands and planted his staff on the nearby Wearyall Hill causing a Holy thorn tree to spring from it.
		The path that winds around the hill is has been suggested as a processional route for past ceremonies, and it is possible that a prominent natural mound such as this would have been important to people living in, or travelling to this area.
	www.stone-circles.org.uk /stone/glastonbury.htm (463 words)

	Abbey ghost at Glastonbury, UK!
		This picture was taken inside the ruins of the Abbey at Glastonbury on 10 December 2002.
		Glastonbury is one of the most powerful spiritual sites in the Western world, steeped in ancient history and legend.
		The spirit that is said to reside within the Abbey grounds takes the form of a fl armored knight with red eyes.
	www.ghoststudy.com /monthly/jul03/Abbey.html (322 words)

	The Mystery Worshipper: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England
		The building: Glastonbury Abbey is a roofless ruin set in acres of parkland and duckponds, under Glastonbury Tor.
		The eucharist was conducted from three blue-and-gold canopied podia, one housing the lectern, another the presiding bishop's throne, and the biggest, the altar, which was at the head of the nave.
		Our Lady of Glastonbury was shouldered in on a litter, and from my position, looked as though she had a sack of coal over her shoulder.
	ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2001/397Mystery.html (1004 words)

	Glastonbury and the Holy Grail
		Glastonbury was both a Pagan and Christian center for centuries.
		Glastonbury Abbey flourished until 1539, when it was closed during Henry the Eighth's "Dissolution of the Monasteries."
		Today, the Abbey ruins are open to the public, with a helpful visitors' center to explain Glastonbury's remarkable history.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/spirits_magickal_and_mundane/35381/2 (385 words)

	The Mystery Worshipper: Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England
		The building: Glastonbury Abbey is a roofless ruin set in acres of parkland and duckponds, under Glastonbury Tor.
		The eucharist was conducted from three blue-and-gold canopied podia, one housing the lectern, another the presiding bishop's throne, and the biggest, the altar, which was at the head of the nave.
		Our Lady of Glastonbury was shouldered in on a litter, and from my position, looked as though she had a sack of coal over her shoulder.
	www.ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2001/397Mystery.html (1004 words)

	Destinations UK - Glastonbury, Somerset, England
		Glastonbury is thought to have been a site for pre-Christian worship, perhaps because of its location by the Tor, the highest of the hills surrounding Glastonbury and a superb natural viewpoint.
		The monks of the Abbey, having heard the rumours, decided to excavate the site and unearthed a stone slab, under which was found a lead cross inscribed in Latin, "Hic iacet sepultus inclitus rex arturius in insula avalonia", "Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur in the Isle of Avalon".
		The bones were put in caskets and during a visit to the Abbey by King Edward I, were entombed in a special fl marble tomb in the main Abbey Church.
	www.historic-uk.com /DestinationsUK/Glastonbury.htm (806 words)

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