Shrewsbury Abbey

The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross is an ancient foundation in , the county town of , England. The Abbey was founded in 1083 as a Benedictine monastery by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery.
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  • Anglican church
  • …is also known as “Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul”
  • Description: parish church and former abbey in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
  • Address: Shrewsbury, SY2 6BS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey Foregate railway station and Shrewsbury Castle.
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is a red sandstone castle in , Shropshire, England. is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Shrewsbury Abbey.
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is situated 620 feet southwest of Shrewsbury Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frankwell and Mountfields.
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is a district of the town of , in , .
is an area in , England, just north of the Welsh Bridge.
is a suburb of , , England.

Shrewsbury Abbey

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Latitude
52.70761° or 52° 42′ 27″ north
Longitude
-2.7438° or 2° 44′ 38″ west
Open location code
9C4VP754+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23700717
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data 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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