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A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 | British History Online (202 words) |
 | Houses of Benedictine monks - Abbey of Alcester |
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| Houses of Cistercian monks - Abbey of Combe |
| CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Evesham Abbey (880 words) |
| He was buried in the abbey church and his shrine, beautified by subsequent abbots, became in after years one of the richest and most popular in the West of England, and many miracles are recorded as having taken place there. |
| The great abbey church, which, besides the magnificent shrine of St. Egwin, contained fifteen altars, was commenced in the eleventh century by Abbot Walter and gradually completed by several subsequent abbots. |
| Within the abbey precincts and under the very shadow of its minster, were two parish churches, erected by the monks for the use of the people of the town which had grown up around its walls. |
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