Pershore Abbey, Pershore, Worcestershire
The exterior of the abbey church taken from the north east. The Abbey at Pershore was originally founded circa 689 by Oswald, nephew of Ethelred, King of Mercia, for secular canons. It was refounded around 972 for Benedictine monks. The first Abbot, Foldbright, was appointed in 984. It was suppressed in 1540 during the dissolution of the monasteries. The church, partially destroyed after the Reformation, was restored by Scott between 1862 and 1865.
