A detail view of one of the walls inside the south porch at Malmesbury Abbey, showing an early medieval relief sculpture depicting six apostles with an angel flying above

Date:: 1885 - 1920

Location:: Malmesbury Abbey, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire; Show all locations

St Mary And St Aldhelm's Abbey Church, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP06677

Type:: Photograph (Albumen Print)

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Description

There is another relief on the opposite porch wall, showing the other apostles and an angel above. Malmesbury Abbey dates from the early 7th century, and was in use until its dissolution in 1539, despite most of the structure being damaged by the tower's collapse in the early 16th century. The nave of the abbey became the present Parish Church of St Mary and St Aldheim.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Porch, Sculpture, Parish Church, Medieval Abbey