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Eastminster

Eastminster is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.

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Year-round

About

Eastminster is a cathedral in england london, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1301. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.

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Eastminster, also known as New Abbey, St Mary Graces, and other variants, was a Cistercian abbey on Tower Hill at East Smithfield in London.

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Background

History

The abbey was founded by Edward III in 1350 immediately outside the Roman London Wall in what is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It stood just to the north of an older royal foundation, the Hospital and Collegiate Church of St Katharine by the Tower. Among the abbey's endowments was the reversion of one of the four manors of Shere in Gomshall, Surrey, given by King Edward III in 1350. This manor acquired the name Towerhill, due to its patronage by the abbey. In 1375, Sir Nicholas de Loveyne bequeathed to the Abbot and Convent the reversion of the mills of Crash Mills, to endow the perpetual singing of masses for the donor. Crash Mills were situated on the River Thames, near East…

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Coordinates
51.5086, -0.0719
Established
1301
Official site
www.skdocks.co.uk

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Eastminster?
Eastminster is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5086°, -0.0719°.
When was Eastminster built?
Eastminster dates to 1301.
What denomination is Eastminster?
Eastminster is affiliated with Christianity.