A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TINTERN-ABBEY, a hamlet in Chapel-Hill parish, Monmouth; on the river Wye, 4 miles N of Chepstow r. station. It has a post-office† under Chepstow. A Cistertian abbey was founded here, in 1131, by Walter de Clare; did not begin to be used till 1268; was completed about 1290 by the Bigods; and went, at the dissolution, to the Somersets. The church measured 230 feet in length; and comprised a nave of six bays, a choir of four bays, and a transept of eight bays 160 feet long. The cloisters were on the N of the nave; the chapter-house stood on the E side of the cloisters; and the guesthouse stood in the orchard. The ruins of the church still stand in tolerable completeness; exhibit transitional early English architecture, in very fine character: have been admired by all observers as about the finest architectural specimen of their age; and are depicted, in glowing terms, by a profusion of famous writers, both prosaic and poetical.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chapel Hill AP/CP/Ch Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Tintern |
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