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St Augustine's Abbey
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monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Key facts
- Location
- Canterbury , Kent , United Kingdom
- Part of
- Canterbury Cathedral , St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
- Reference
- 496-002
- Inscription
- 1988 (12th Session )
- Area
- 8.42 ha (20.8 acres)
- Website
- english-heritage .org .uk /visit /places /st-augustines-abbey /
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
St Augustine's Abbey (founded as the Monastery of Ss Peter and Paul and changed after its founder St Augustine of Canterbury's death) was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England. The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution) in 1538 during the English Reformation. After the abbey's dissolution, it underwent dismantlement until 1848.
Since 1848, part of the site has been used for educational purposes (used as boarding houses and a library by The King's School, Canterbury) and the abbey ruins have been preserved for their historical value.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St Augustine's Abbey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.