Mr Mitchell's latest theory is that St Mary's Church in Purton, which boast both a west tower and a spire, was modelled on Malmesbury Abbey 12 miles away. Speaking to BBC Wiltshire, Mr Mitchell ...

By the 11th century, Malmesbury Abbey was one of Europe’s leading seats of scholarship. A new abbey church was built in the 12th century and was much larger than that seen today (only about a ...

Malmesbury Abbey - famous for its Norman architecture ... sense of disappointment" that someone would steal from a church and take away items of local heritage. "I wouldn't steal from the ...

A representative of Cotswold Archaeology said it's not uncommon to find graves near a church ... Abbey, on the grounds of England's oldest hotel. Our passion for history and ancestral ties to ...

Known as the final resting place of Æthelstan, the first King of the English, Malmesbury Abbey has a long and varied history, being established in the seventh century in the village of Malmesbury ...

The remains are believed to belong to members of a monastic community associated with Malmesbury Abbey, a 12th-century building of worship. The skeletons, which dated to between 670 and 940 AD ...

Malmesbury Abbey has an aura of tranquil beauty only ... Fortunately the skate-park will be temporary. The church authorities, though, have made themselves a permanent laughing-stock.

Malmesbury Abbey has had a number of 'items of great significance' stolen. Credit: Wiltshire Police Images of items stolen from an Abbey in Wiltshire have been released, as police try to track ...