Tewkesbury Abbey

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monastery
gptkbp:acquiredBy parishioners (1540)
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Norman
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Benedictine_Order
gptkbp:consecrationDate 1121
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Misericords
medieval stained glass
Norman tower
monuments to the Despenser and Neville families
organ by Kenneth Jones (1997)
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:St_Mary_the_Virgin
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:diocese Diocese of Gloucester
gptkbp:founded 1102
gptkbp:hasClergy Vicar
gptkbp:height 148 feet (tower)
gptkbp:heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tewkesbury Abbey
gptkbp:length 331 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tewkesbury
gptkbp:notableBurials gptkb:Eleanor_de_Clare
gptkb:Isabel_Neville,_Duchess_of_Clarence
gptkb:Isabel_le_Despenser
gptkb:John_Beauchamp,_1st_Baron_Beauchamp
gptkb:John_Wakeman
gptkb:John_de_Ferrers,_4th_Baron_Ferrers_of_Chartley
gptkb:John_de_la_Zouche
gptkb:Margaret_de_Clare
gptkb:Richard_Beauchamp,_2nd_Baron_Beauchamp
gptkb:Richard_de_Clare,_6th_Earl_of_Gloucester
gptkb:Robert_Fitzhamon
gptkb:Thomas_Despenser,_2nd_Earl_of_Gloucester
gptkb:William_de_Bohun,_1st_Earl_of_Northampton
gptkb:William_de_la_Zouche
gptkb:George,_Duke_of_Clarence
gptkb:Edward_of_Westminster,_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:Hugh_Despenser_the_Elder
gptkb:Hugh_Despenser_the_Younger
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Tewkesbury_(1471)
gptkbp:parishChurchSince 1540
gptkbp:previousDenomination gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:province gptkb:Canterbury
gptkbp:survivedDissolution yes
gptkbp:usedAs gptkb:civil_parish
former Benedictine monastery
gptkbp:website https://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/
gptkbp:width 124 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gilbert_de_Clare
gptkb:Edward_of_Westminster
gptkb:Tewkesbury
gptkb:Cotswolds
gptkb:George_Plantagenet
gptkb:Gloucestershire,_England
gptkb:George_Plantagenet,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5