Shrewsbury Abbey
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The Abbey was founded in 1083 as a Benedictine monastery by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery.Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: parish church and former abbey in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul”
- Address: Shrewsbury, SY2 6BS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abbey Foregate railway station and Shrewsbury Castle.
Abbey Foregate railway station
Public building
Abbey Foregate railway station was in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, south-east of Shrewsbury station, to the east of Severn Bridge Junction, on what is today the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line.
Shrewsbury Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. Shrewsbury Castle is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Shrewsbury Abbey.
United Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Cosy Kibble, CC BY-SA 4.0.
United Reformed Church is situated 620 feet southwest of Shrewsbury Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frankwell and Mountfields.
Frankwell
Suburb
Photo: ChrisJB, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Frankwell is a district of the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. It lies adjacent to the River Severn, to the northwest of the town centre, and is one of Shrewsbury's oldest suburbs.
Mountfields
Neighborhood
Mountfields is an area in Shrewsbury, England, just north of the Welsh Bridge.
Coton Hill
Suburb
Coton Hill is a suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The River Severn flows to the west, and Bagley Brook, the original river bed of the Severn, to the east.
Shrewsbury Abbey
- Categories: abbey, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70761° or 52° 42′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.7438° or 2° 44′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C4VP754+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 23700717OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q2507390
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Shrewsbury Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Шрусбъри”
- Chinese: “什魯斯伯里修道院”
- Dutch: “Shrewsbury Abbey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير شروزبرى”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo Shrewsbury”
- French: “abbaye de Shrewsbury”
- French: “Abbaye de Shrewsbury”
- German: “Shrewsbury Abbey”
- Greek: “αββαείο του Σρούζμπερι”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Shrewsbury”
- Japanese: “シュルーズベリ大修道院”
- Persian: “دیر شروزبری”
- Polish: “Opactwo Shrewsbury”
- Russian: “Аббатство Шрусбери”
- Russian: “Шрусбери”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Shrewsbury”
- Turkish: “Shrewsbury Abbey”
- Welsh: “Abaty Amwythig”
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