Godstow
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Godstow is a hamlet about northwest of the centre of Oxford. It lies on the banks of the River Thames between the villages of Wolvercote to the east and Wytham to the west. The ruins of Godstow Abbey, also known as Godstow Nunnery, are here. A bridge spans the Thames and the Trout Inn is at the foot of the bridge across the river from the abbey ruins. There is also a weir and Godstow lock.
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- Godstow Nunnery ruin 20050326.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01865
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- postal code
- OX2
- OS grid reference
- SP484091
- inception
- 1101-01-17
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- History of Godstow Abbey
- Suppression of the Abbey
- Site
- Rosamund Clifford's death and grave
- Other burials
- Godstowe School
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
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Godstow is a hamlet about northwest of the centre of Oxford. It lies on the banks of the River Thames between the villages of Wolvercote to the east and Wytham to the west. The ruins of Godstow Abbey, also known as Godstow Nunnery, are here. A bridge spans the Thames and the Trout Inn is at the foot of the bridge across the river from the abbey ruins. There is also a weir and Godstow lock.
==History== Godstow Abbey (see detailed history below) was built here, starting in 1133. It was a house of Benedictine nuns. Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II, retired here and died at 30 in about 1177. Her grave is somewhere in the grounds but now lost. The abbey was suppressed in 1539 under the Second Act of Dissolution.
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