Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)
Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 146
es, picturesquely planted on the banks of theAvon, and justly accounted a magnificent structure, was the collegiate churchof the priory, of the establishment of wliich there are no authentic records.Camden states that it was founded in remote English times on the ruins of anancient heathen temple.… … EhO o o Pi o Eh cn M Pi u ClIUISTCHUUClI AND RoMSEY.] THE ABBEY. 413 Rufus, and this prelate rebuilt the church on a larger scale, and dedicated itto Christ. The revenues of the establishment received substantial sup^Dort fromde Redvers, Earl of Devon, to whom the manor was granted, and who…
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