St Mary's Abbey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tewkesbury
Historical Forms
- ecclesia sanctæ (beatæ) Mariæ Theokesburiensis (Theokesberiæ) 1102,12,13 Tewk 1232 Theok
Etymology
St Mary's Abbey, ecclesia sanctæ (beatæ ) Mariæ Theokesburiensis (Theokesberiæ )1102, 12, 13Tewk , 1232 Theok et passim . The great Benedictine abbey of St Mary was endowed in 1102 with great possessions by Robert fitz Hamon, lord of the manor of Tewkesbury, peopled by the Abbot and monks of Cranbourne, and its great church rebuilt (v. Rudder 743 ff).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Admonshill
- Avon Ham
- Barton
- Gupshill
- Longdon Hill
- Lower Lode, Upper Lode
- The Mythe
- Mythe Hook
- Mythe Wood
- Oldbury
- Perry Hill
- Salden
- Sedgeley
- Severn Ham, The Ham
- Southam
- Southwick
- Swilgate Bridge
- Swineham