St. Mary's Abbey -- North Gate

The North Gate exits the 10-acre Museum gardens and leads to St. Olave church on the right.


Above: view from the inside of the gates; below, the outside (north) view.  Note the ad for the Constantine show at the museum (which started 2 weeks after we took this picture.)

 

Below, St. Olave's church just outside the Abbey's north wall.  St. Olaf was King of Norway and this is the oldest church in England dedicated to him, with the first building erected in 1055 shortly after Olaf died.    The Benedictine abbey grew out of that church. 

 

 

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Created on 15 October 2006
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