The twelfth-century porch was rebuilt externally in the fourteenth century. Malmesbury Abbey was a Benedictine Abbey. Its church was founded in circa 637 by the Irish hermit Mailduib and the monastery was founded in the late seventh century, although nothing remains from this phase of the site. The present church was begun in the early twelfth century. The Abbey was closed in 1539 under King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Collins, Arthur H
Doorway, Moulding, Porch, Medieval Abbey, Medieval Church
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