Monument Number 210467 |
| Hob Uid: 210467 | |
Location :
Wiltshire
Tisbury
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| Grid Ref : ST9440029200 |
| Summary : Site of Saxon monastery. A monastery is documented at Tissbury in 710, 716 and 759. After 870, there are no references to it , and its lands were transferred to Shaftesbury Abbey in 984. No remains of this Monastery have been identified, but local tradition suggest that it could have been sited on higher ground above the present church (ST 92 NW 10) within an area called Paradise (centred ST 944292). The area lies behind the cottages on the North side of Church Street where unidentified bones have been dug up in the back gardens. Blair suggests that Tisbury functioned as a minster (see ST92NW10). |
More information : An abbot of Tisbury occurs in a charter of 759 and
there is a direct reference to 'the monastery which is called
Tissebin'. It is certain that Wintra, an abbot of Tisbury is
mentioned by name in 705. After 870 there is no further mention
of an abbey at Tisbury and the abbey of Shaftesbury was
endowed with much of the land that had belonged to Tisbury. (1-2)
No remains of this Monastery have been identified, but local
tradition suggest that it could have been sited on higher ground
above the present church (ST 92 NW 10) within an area called
Paradise (centred ST 944292). The area lies behind the cottages
on the N side of Church Street where unidentified bones have
been dug up in the back gardens. (3)
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