Carte-de-visite showing a view of a remaining crossing arch and east end of the ruins of Malmesbury Abbey. The crossing tower and spire fell during a storm in circa 1500 and destroyed much of the church, including most of the nave and the transept.

Date:: 1855 - 1875

Location:: Malmesbury Abbey, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP19859

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

This carte-de-visite was produced by Dawson and Dutton, of 44 Milsom Street, Bath. The reverse of the carte-de-visite is stamped with their company's logo, and the number 254 is handwritten beneath it. Presumably this is a reference number for this particular image.

The present church was begun in the early twelfth century. The Abbey was closed in 1539 under King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. Malmesbury Abbey was a Benedictine Abbey. Its church was founded in circa 637 by the Irish hermit Mailduib and the monastery was founded in the late seventh century, although nothing remains from this phase of the site.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

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

Medieval Abbey, Medieval Benedictine Monastery, Medieval Church, Derelict Or Ruin