Abingdon, Abbey, The Checker And The Long Gallery 1924
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After the Dissolution of 1538 nearly all the monastic buildings, including the great church, were demolished, some quickly, others more slowly, until little trace remained of the vast Benedictine abbey whose origins went back to the late seventh century. Apart from the gatehouse, the Checker and the Long Gallery (we see their north side here), and an attached range, probably a granary or bakehouse, nothing survives above ground. The 13th-century Checker, where the Abbey's tenants paid their rents and dues, is on the right, and the Long Gallery of about 1500 is on the left.
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