Decorative floor tile from Romsey Abbey in Hampshire depicting a medieval knight. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #RomseyAbbey #Medieval

Day 8: Romsey Abbey
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An early 11thC stone carving of Christ on the cross, with the Hand of God reaching out to him, on the exterior wall of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. Likely to have been a part of the Anglo-Saxon church, it was incorporated into what was once the cloisters of the Norman abbey #romsey #romseyabbey #saxon

The extremely lifelike memorial to Alice Taylor in Romsey Abbey. She died of Scarlet Fever in 1843 aged just two years old #churchmonument #romseyabbey #churchmonuments

The exposed foundations of the Anglo-Saxon church at Romsey, which was demolished to make way for the larger Norman abbey which now serves as the town’s parish church #romseyabbey #anglosaxon #normanchurch

A grey Saturday morning visit to Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. Once a nunnery church, it was purchased from Henry VIII following the nunnery’s dissolution and has been an exceptionally grand parish church ever since #romseyabbey #henryviii #dissolution #romsey

The glorious Saxon rood carving in St Anne’s Chapel in Romsey Abbey. Dating to the 10thC, it may have been a gift from King Edgar when the abbey was refounded as a nunnery in the 960s. Edgar’s stepdaughter, St Aethelflaed was a nun there and later abbess #romseyabbey #anglosaxon

Dogs to be made welcome in Romsey Abbey Romsey Abbey will allow dogs to accompany their owners when visiting the abbey or attending services.

All dogs now allowed into Romsey Abbey | Hampshire Chronicle
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24994538.dogs-now-allowed-romsey-abbey/

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