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4 unusual facts about Abbey House Gardens


Abbey House Gardens

In 1994, Abbey House was bought by Ian and Barbara Pollard, who had previously owned and run Hazelbury Manor, another mansion near Box in Wiltshire.

In 1539, Malmesbury Abbey was sold by Henry VIII to a local clothier William Stumpe, who also bought the site and lived in it himself.

It was connected to Malmesbury Abbey, next door, and is thought to have been the main home of the abbot of the famous Benedictine abbey.

In 1998, a large skeleton was unearthed in the gardens, close to the site of the ruined Lady Chapel of Malmesbury Abbey.



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