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Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey, at in , England, is a former Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English religious houses with a continuous history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: abbey and parish church in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Abbey Church of St Mary and St Aldhelm”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malmesbury Market Cross and Abbey House Gardens.

Historic site
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
is a Grade I listed, late 15th century structure in the town of , Wiltshire, England.

Garden
Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a country house garden in , , England, covering 5 acres. The garden was transformed in the 1990s by the so-called Naked Gardeners: Ian and Barbara Pollard. is situated 390 feet northeast of Malmesbury Abbey.

Public building
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in Cross Hayes in , , England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Malmesbury Town Council and the home of the Athelstan Museum, is a Grade II listed building. is situated 500 feet southeast of Malmesbury Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lea and Corston.

Village
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is a village in , England, lying approximately 1.5 miles east of . It is part of the civil parish of and Cleverton which includes the village of Garsdon and the hamlet of Cleverton. is situated 1½ miles east of Malmesbury Abbey.

Village
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is a small village on the A429 road in , England, in the civil parish of , approximately 3 miles south of the town of . is situated 2 miles south of Malmesbury Abbey.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in North , England, about 2 miles northeast of Malmesbury and 4 miles northwest of the village of . is situated 2 miles northeast of Malmesbury Abbey.

Malmesbury Abbey

Latitude
51.58467° or 51° 35′ 5″ north
Longitude
-2.09847° or 2° 5′ 55″ west
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
Open location code
9C3VHWM2+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171766213
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Geo­Names ID
12450925
Wiki­data ID
Q550064
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Malmesbury Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մալմեսբերիի աբբայություն”
  • Basque: “Malmesburyko abadia”
  • Catalan: “abadia de Malmesbury”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Malmesbury”
  • Chinese: “馬姆斯伯里修道院”
  • Chinese: “马姆斯伯里修道院”
  • Czech: “Malmesburské opatství”
  • Danish: “Malmesbury Abbey”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Malmesbury”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير مالميسبرى”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Malmesbury”
  • French: “abbaye de Malmesbury”
  • French: “Abbaye de Malmesbury”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר מלמסבורי”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Malmesbury”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Malmesbury”
  • Japanese: “マームズベリー大修道院”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Malmesburiensis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malmesbury Abbey”
  • Norwegian: “Malmesbury Abbey”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Malmesbury”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Malmesbury”
  • Russian: “Мальмсберийское аббатство”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Malmesbury”
  • Slovak: “Opátstvo Malmesbury”
  • Spanish: “abadia de Malmesbury”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Malmesbury”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Malmesbury”
  • Urdu: “مالمزبرہ ایبی”
  • Urdu: “مالمزبیری ایبی”
  • Welsh: “Abaty Malmesbury”
  • Western Frisian: “Abdij fan Malmesbury”
  • Wu Chinese: “马姆斯伯里修道院”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Malmesbury Abbey”. Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.