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TETBURY ABBEY

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Monks who had settled at Hazleton from Kingswood, moved to Tetbury circa 1148-54 and founded an Abbey. However, the site proved unsuitable, and they returned to Kingswood circa 1164-70. Three 12th century stone windows in the wall of 13 and 15 The Chipping were formerly thought to be remains of the abbey, but are now thought to be part of a hall house. A 12th century stone arch in the ground of The Close Hotel are the only extant remains, but this is not in situ.

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ST 89169322 Site of (NAT) Cistercian Monastery (NR). (1)

A Cistercian Abbey was founded at Tetbury (ST 8993) by monks from Kingswood (of the mother house of Tintern), who moved from Hazleton to Tetbury circa 1148AD. and left to re-establish themselves at Kingswood at a date given by Knowles and Hadcock (2) as from 1159-60. In 1857 it was stated that domestic buildings of the abbey could be traced in houses on the east side of The Chipping (ST89139323). Three 12th century windows are in the wall of Nos. 13 and 15 facing on to the garden of St Michael's House, and three 12th century arches in a passage between Nos. 5 and 13. The priory (ST89099332) occupies the site of Hackett's Court, said by Rudder to have originally been the religious house, and an adjoining coach-house on Ickle Court Lane contains two 12th century windows and a double piscina. An archway thought to be part of the monastery was taken down and re-erected at 'the Close' on the main street in 1859, where it was still standing in 1954. Lindley suggests Grange Farm (ST 89 SE 12) as a likelier site for this establishment.Nos. 5, 13, and 15 The Chipping, grade I (6). (2-8)

ST 89169322 Three 12th century stone arches. A fourth at ST 89009313 stands in the grounds of the Close Hotel. The three 12th century windows are built into the NE wall of No 15 the Chipping. The coach house was not identified. (9)

Hacket Court, formerly a manor house, was re-named The Priory after rebuilding in 1776 due to an erroneous tradition that the monks of Kingswood occupied the site. A medieval outbuilding thought to have been of monastic origin was probably the manor courthouse. The medieval elements incorporated into the fabric of Nos. 5, 13 and 15 The Chipping [see ST 89 SE 208] are now considered to be the remains of a hall house. (10)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1921

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MRH 1953 110 & 116 (Knowles & Hadcock)

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VCH 2 1901 99-100 (Rosa Graham)

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VCH 100 n.14

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Arch 31 1846 513-5 (J Barnett)

( 6) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

MHLG (2415/11/A June 1947) (20-21)

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T Bristol & Glos AS 73 1954 145-6 (E S Lindley)

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New History Glos 1779 728 (S Rudder)

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T Bristol & Glos AS 37 1914 8-9 (Illust)

( 9) Field Investigators Comments

F1 MHB 08-SEP-72

(10) General reference

Leech R, 1981, Historic Towns in Gloucestershire, Bristol; CRAAGS (87)

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