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Pershore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century in Worcestershire, with origins possibly extending to the eighth century. The abbey was established as a daughter house of Osney and developed into a significant religious community, becoming one of the principal Benedictine houses in the Midlands. The surviving remains include the abbey church's choir and transepts, which date largely from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and represent later medieval architectural developments. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, the church was considerably reduced in scale, though the remaining structure continues to serve as the parish church and preserves important examples of Gothic architectural detail from the High and Late Medieval periods.
Pershore Abbey (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005303. View the official record →
Pershore Abbey is a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century in Worcestershire, with origins possibly extending to the eighth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005303.
Pershore Abbey (site of) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005303.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Elmley Castle village cross (5.6 km), Kemerton Camp (5.6 km), Ditched enclosures SE of Eckington Field Farm (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pershore Abbey (site of)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pershore Abbey (site of) stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.