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'MyProject'  (add page) | Contact | About | Site Map | Guestbook  » Places » Glastonbury Abbey - [Church / Abbey] (ST 5010 3880) Abbeys   Proximity Map     Official Site : Glastonbury Abbey home page Glastonbury Abbey is situated in Somerset. Mini Timeline 943 Dunstan and Glastonbury Dunstan moved to Glastonbury where he placed the monastery under the rule of the Benedictine Order and became the abbot there. 944 Edmund captures York Edmund I took control of York and the surrounding area. He removed sacred relics from the remains of Whitby Abbey and moved them to Glastonbury Abbey. 1127 Charter for Glastonbury fair Henry I granted a charter for an annual fair to be held at Glastonbury known as the Tor Fair. The reaffirmed the right for the existing fair to be held there. 1178 King Arthur found at Glastonbury From the Chronicles of Meaux Abbey came the report saying 'In the twenty-third year of Henry, the body of Arthur some time king of the Britons were found at Glastonbury, between two stone pyramids formerly erected in the sacred cemetery. Hidden by a hollow oak, lay about fifteen feet deep in the ground.' See Also   Dunstan (Archbishop of Canterbury)   Whitby Abbey Have you visited this place? Rate it now 54321 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, 1 = Poor Related information   Google Earth Placemarks   Timeline of abbey foundations   The origin of monasteries   The Cisterian order of monks Feedback   Answer Questionnaire   Questionnaire results Selection of references used: Many,Glastonbury, John Timbs & Alexander Gunn,Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England & Wales (North),1872 Top of Page Bookmark this page with: StumbleUpon TimeRef Home Page     Episodes of Medieval History     Key Dates in Medieval History People     Places     3D Buildings     Maps Glossary of Terms     Architecture     Links