Timeline For Winchcombe Abbey
- 798 - King Kenulf of Mercia gives instructions for building an abbey
- 811 - Winchcombe Abbey is dedicated by Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1042-1066 - During Edward the Confessor's reign Winchcombe Abbey becomes one of the most powerful Benedictine monasteries in the country
- 29 August, 1151 - Fire destroys much of Winchcombe, including the Abbey
- 1239 - Re-building of the Abbey completed
- 23 December, 1539 - Winchcombe Abbey is surrendered to the crown and the monks are pensioned off. The Abbey buildings are quickly demolished the stone being re-used in other buildings
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“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)