The Abbot’s Kitchen is one of the Abbey’s remaining complete buildings: and from April to October there are demonstrations about the life of the monks. It was demolished gradually and used as a ‘quarry’ for building stone. The remains you see date from 1184 until 1539, when the Abbey was seized on the orders of King Henry VIII, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In succession, three stone Abbey churches have stood here. In 1278 they were re-buried in the chancel in the presence of King Edward 1 and Queen Eleanor. In 1191 legend says that the monks found the buried remains of King Arthur and his Queen Guinevere. Another Glastonbury monk, Sigeric, became Archbishop of Canterbury in 10th century. He introduced the Benedictine Rule to Glastonbury and into England. Dunstan was educated at Glastonbury Abbey and was Abbot here until he became Archbishop of Canterbury. Glastonbury was important for pilgrimage – even being called “The Second Rome.” The Abbey became the largest and richest in England. and it burnt down when the entire Abbey Church were destroyed by fire in 1184 AD.Īrchaeology tells us that Christianity was present in Somerset since earliest days. History records it as standing in 600 A.D. Legend says Joseph of Arimathea brought Jesus here and they built the old wattle and daub church. “Traditionally, the earliest Christian sanctuary in Britain. Glastonbury Visit: The Abbey and Glastonbury TorĪerial View of Glastonbury Abbey site (source – Google images)
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