• Glastonbury Abbey. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06579a.htm.
  • Glastonbury Abbey is a ruined abbey located in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The abbey was founded in the 7th century AD, and enlarged in the 10th century.
  • Glastonbury Abbey became so rich due to the increase of visitors that by the 14th century it was second only to Westminster Abbey in terms of wealth.
  • There are few places where history and mythology, beauty and tragedy, dissolution and rebirth, meet so powerfully as in Glastonbury Abbey.
  • Glastonbury Abbey is located in the centre of Glastonbury and can be reached by taking Junction 23 off the M5 and following the signs into the town.
  • The abbey and its extensive grounds (over 30 acres) lie just south of Glastonbury city centre, and are accessed, on the west side, from Magdalene Street.
  • The Holy Grail, the object of King Arthur's quest, is said to be buried under Glastonbury Tor, a hill with a stone monument which overlooks the abbey.
  • Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, England. ... ancient island of Ynys Witrin, sometimes known as the Glass Isle, or Avalon, better known today as Glastonbury.
  • Glastonbury Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey near Glastonbury in the county of Somerset, England south of Wells.
  • Glastonbury Abbey was founded in the 7th century. There are legends that Glastonbury was a religious center in Celtic or even pre-Celtic times.