Lacock 9/2008

Winchester 7/12/08

There was an SCA event held at this historic site.  For more information on the event including video taken, please visit here.

Glastonbury Abbey 7/5/08

Legendary burial place of King Arthur; England's largest abbey in 36 acres of parkland; Legend has it that Joseph of Arimathea built a simple place of worship which became the site of the abbey's Lady Chapel

www.glastonburyabbey.com

Malmesbury Abbey 4/12/08

The site itself was dedicated to worship as early as 676 AD by Aldhelm who became the first Bishop of Sherborne.  The building that remains on this site was consecrated in 1180 AD.  After the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539 the Abbey was sold to a local clothier and then given to the people of Malmesbury to be used as their parish church.  Unlike some of the other abbeys which were destroyed through religious wars, the destruction to this abbey was due to "natural causes" (the spire fell around 1500 and the west tower fell around 1662).  The timeline presented by the Abbey shows a lag between 1664 and 1900.  During 1900 restoration was begun and the abbey was reopened and re-hallowed in 1928.  The Abbey is still in use today as a church.

Castle Acre & Acre Priory 3/10/08

Castle Acre is a village in Norfolk. Sited on Peddler's Way, The Roman trackway to the north Norfolk coast. To the NE of the village lie the ruins of a castle, founded just after the Norman Conquest of 1066 by William de Warenne, first earl of Surrey. To the SW of the village lie the remains of a priory - the best-preserved Cluniac monastery in the country. The medieval parish church, which lies outside the town defences, shows that the town had outgrown its original boundaries by the 13th century.