Amesbury, St Mary And St Melore's Church c.1955
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Amesbury dates back to at least 973; it is the nearest town to Stonehenge, and has a population of about 6,000. In 980, Amesbury Abbey was founded for Benedictine nuns. It became a priory of the Order of Fontevrault for men and women in 1177. Royal and noble ladies favoured the priory in the 13th and 14th centuries, when about 100 nuns and a few chaplains and clerks inhabited the priory. Strange to tell, the domestic parts of the priory were such a distance from the main building that it is questionable whether the church is for the parish or was the priory church.
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