 The ruined Godstow Abbey. Godstow (Oxfordshire, England) is to the west of the River Thames opposite Lower Wolvercote north of Port Meadow at Oxford. It is now mainly known for the ruined Godstow Abbey (also known as Godstow Nunnery). Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 348 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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The ruin of Godstow Nunnery. ...
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The Abbey
Godstow abbey was built on what was then an island between streams running into the river Thames. The site was given to the foundress sometime around 1133 by John of St. John; with a further gift of land from him, the site was later enlarged in 1139.
The abbey was again enlarged between 1176 and 1188 when Henry II gave the establishment: Henry II of England (5 March 1133-6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland[], eastern Ireland, and western France. ...
- £258 - which included £100 for the church,
- 40,000 shingles,
- 4,000 laths, and
- Much timber.
This endowment is no doubt due to the site being the burial place of his mistress Rosamund Clifford.
The Abbey precincts were entered from the Wolvercote-Wytham road, which ran through the outer court. Here there was a two-storey main gatehouse which had one large gate for carts and a second smaller one beside it for foot traffic.
The site consisted of:
- An outer court containing a range of buildings.
- St. Thomas's chapel which appears to have been used a church by the Abbey's servants
- Lodging for a priest.
- A guest house.
- A Nunnery.
- The Abbey church which contained cloisters along with associated buildings
Rosamund Clifford - "Fair Rosamund" The abbey became the final burial place of the famed beauty Rosamund Clifford (died circa 1176), a longtime mistress of Henry II. Rosamund Clifford (born about 1150; died about 1176), often called The Fair Rosamund or the Rose of the World, was the long-time mistress of King Henry II of England, famous in English folklore. ...
Henry II of England (5 March 1133-6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland[], eastern Ireland, and western France. ...
Henry's liaison with Rosamund became public knowledge in 1174; it ended when she retired to the nunnery at Godstow in 1176, shortly before her death.
Henry and the Clifford family paid for her tomb at Godstow in the choir of the convent's church and an endowment for it to be tended by the nuns. It became a popular local shrine until 1191, two years after Henry's death. Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop of Lincoln, while visiting Godstow, noticed Rosamund's tomb right in front of the high altar. The tomb was laden with flowers and candles, demonstrating that the local people were still praying there. Calling Rosamund a harlot, the bishop ordered her remains removed from the church. This was part of the long-term campaign by the Roman Catholic Church to eradicate earlier Norse and Anglo-Saxon traditions of marriage amongst the nobility. Her tomb was moved outside of the abbey church itself to the cemetery at the nuns' chapter house next to it, where it could still be visited until it was destroyed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII of England. // Events May 12 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. ...
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The word harlot is an archaic term that means a prostitute. ...
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The Abbey after the dissolution The abbey was converted into Godstow House by George Owen. It was occupied by his family until 1645, when the building was badly damaged in the Civil War. After this damage, the building fell into disrepair and was used by the locals as a source of stone for their buildings. // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ...
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During the 19th and 20th centuries, the ruined abbey was used for collecting livestock during the annual rounding up of animals on Port Meadow. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In Victorian times, Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) brought Alice Liddell (aka Alice in Wonderland) and her sisters, Edith and Lorina, for river trips and picnics at Godstow. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. ...
Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4, 1852 – November 15, 1934) was the inspiration for childrens classic Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ...
Also alongside the Thames at Lower Wolvercote and Godstow is The Trout, a well-known public house, close to Godstow Bridge. The bridge was built in 1792. Image File history File linksMetadata Trout_inn_Wolvercote_UK.jpg Summary The Trout Inn, Wolvercote, UK By Helena, from http://www. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Trout_inn_Wolvercote_UK.jpg Summary The Trout Inn, Wolvercote, UK By Helena, from http://www. ...
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References - 'Wolvercote: Site and remains of Godstow abbey', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock (1990), pp. 311–13. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=1485. Date accessed: 11 January 2006.
Map sources for Woodstock at grid reference SP4416 Woodstock is a small town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ...
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External links - Haunted Churches — Godstow Nunnery
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