Talk:Evesham Abbey

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The information is all here for a Start  class, but  the structure of the article possibly  needs some improvement  to  reduce the slightly  informal tone, and to  integrate some orphaned sentences into  other paragraphs. There may also  be additional  useful information on  the Evesham page.--Kudpung (talk) 06:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

The assertion in the Dissolution section that "the abbey was plundered and demolished by the townsfolk.[14] " is not supported by the reference given - in fact arguably the opposite. The reference says "The abbey church was rased to the ground immediately on the surrender, and the usual reckless destruction and spoliation followed, though the tower of Abbot Litchfield was saved, as it is said, by the intervention of the men of Evesham, who, as Browne Willis suggests, (fn. 237) had contributed towards its erection." Other references suggest that the town bought the Lichfield Tower, thus saving it from destruction, while the rest of the abbey was sold for stone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.49.62.127 (talk) 18:37, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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Surviving parts
The article has as at 2019-03-23 the following.

> Only one section of walling survives from the actual abbey, although fragments of the chapter house, the bell tower and the gateway remain, which were added later: the chapter house in the 13th century and the bell tower in the 16th century.

Is that right?

Please see the history section of the Wikipedia page Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre that has the following.

> The Almonry Museum is housed in a 14th-century building that was formerly part of the Benedictine Evesham Abbey, the third largest abbey in England. The building is an almonry, meaning it was the home of the almoner, a monk whose role was to provide alms to the poor. Evesham Abbey was closed by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, after which the Almonry became the personal home of the last Abbot, Philip Ballard. Two churches, a bell tower and a cloister arch from Evesham Abbey also survive nearby.

Also, please see the history section of the Wikipedia page Prince Henry's High School that has the following.

> The school is over 600 years old [3] and was originally established as a school for the poor that was attached to Evesham's Benedictine Abbey.

The original building (or maybe part of it?) survives to this day and can be displayed in Google street view on the side of the road leading from Merstow Green car park to High Street in Evesham, as a Cotswold stone coloured castellated entrance (which may or may not actually be Cotswold Stone).