Cathedrals · South West England
Kingswood Abbey
Kingswood Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
Kingswood Abbey is a cathedral in england south west, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1550. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. The abbey was demolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and all that remains is the gatehouse, a Grade I listed building. Through the gatehouse arch are a few houses and the small village primary school of Kingswood.
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Background
History
Kingswood Abbey was founded in 1139 by William of Berkeley, provost of Berkeley, in accordance with the wishes of his late uncle, Roger II of Berkeley, and colonised from the Cistercian house at Tintern, Monmouthshire. The founding family were the feudal barons of Dursley, who intermarried later with the progeny of Robert Fitzharding (d.1170), 1st feudal baron of Berkeley Castle. In the mid-12th century the abbot and all but a few monks removed, first to Hazleton Abbey and then, for want of water at that site, to Tetbury, Kingswood becoming a grange until the return of the community to "Mireford" in Kingswood, close to the earlier site. According to the taxation of Pope Nicholas IV in 1291,…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6264, -2.3667
- Address
- Kingswood, Stroud District
- Established
- 1550
Sources
- wikidata: Q1417888 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kingswood Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kingswood Abbey?
- Kingswood Abbey is in South-West England, United Kingdom.
- When was Kingswood Abbey built?
- Built or established in 1550.
- Who owns Kingswood Abbey?
- Kingswood Abbey is owned by English Heritage.