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 152
ence occupiedby Sir E. Antrobus; and the square-towered church is the central point ofmany interesting associations of the past. In all the old documents, and incomparatively modern books, Amesbury is written Ambresbury; but that namehas long fallen into disuse. The once flourishing market town is… … DISTANT VIEW OF THE CHURCH. Ambrius, or Ambrasius, who founded a monastery upon the hill, where certainmassacred British chieftains were buried in the fifth century; and there aresuggestions of other derivations. The House of Nuns, which afterwards gaveretreat to many eminent women, was founded in…
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