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Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. The abbey was demolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and all that remains is the gatehouse, a Grade 1 listed building.
History of Kingswood Abbey Gatehouse. This fine late medieval gatehouse once led into an important abbey, founded by Cistercian monks in the 12th century. The abbey was closed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and now only the gatehouse survives.
Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey on the northeast edge of the village. The abbey was founded in 1139 by William Berkeley, in accordance with the wishes of his uncle, Roger II of Berkeley, and colonised from the Cistercian house at Tintern. All that survives today is the 16th-century gatehouse, which is under the care of English ...
This 16th century gatehouse, one of the latest monastic buildings in England, displays a richly sculpted mullioned window. It is the sole survivor of this Cistercian abbey.
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The first record of the town is in an Anglo-Saxon Royal Charter of King Edmund I, who in AD 940 leased four hides of land in Wudetun to Eadric. The name Wudetun means the enclosure, homestead or village (tun) in or near the wood (wude). The "Edge" refers to the limestone escarpment of the Cotswold Edge which includes the hills of Wotton Hill and To...
An electoral ward with the same name exists. The ward mainly covers Wotton-under-Edge but also stretches to North Nibley. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,510.
The town has several pubs and a hotel, and a range of takeaways and restaurants. It has several active social groups, such as Scouts, a gardening club and the Wotton Lions. In 1958, local people and school students built the town swimming pool, which was completed in 1961. Subsequently the pool has had solar and electric heating installed. In 1999 ...
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West and ITV West Country. Television signals are received from the Mendip TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Gloucestershire, Heart West, Greatest Hits Radio South West and Edge Radio, a community based station which started broadcasting during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. ...
Road
Wotton-under-Edge is on the B4058 road and is 5 miles (8.0 km) from the M5 motorway.
Rail
Brunel's Bristol and Gloucester Railway passes within 2 miles (3.2 km) of Wotton-under-Edge, following a curve to the west to stay on the gentler Vale of Berkeley and avoid Wotton Hill, Nibley Knoll and Stinchcombe Hillas it heads north. It carries a wide mix of local, intercity and freight trains. Charfield station, just to the west on flatter ground, was within walking distance from its opening in 1844.A branch line from Charfield to Wotton was authorised in 1899 under the Light Railways Ac...
Bus
Bus services link the town to Charfield, Dursley, Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Nailsworth, Stroud, and Thornbury, but run infrequently. Wotton is not part of WECA, but Katherine Lady Berkeley's school is served by the WESTlink on-demand bus, a short walk from the town centre and available to the public Monday-Saturday.
Monumental brass of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley(d.1417), Church of St Mary the VirginThe Ancient Ram InnThe Falcon InnThe Tolsey clock commemorates the Diamond Jubilee (60 years) of Queen Victoria's reign. The clocksays "1837 – 1897". It lies between Market Street and High Street.E. S. Lindley. Wotton under Edge: Men and Affairs of a Cotswold Wool Town. Published by Museum Press, 1962Simon Herrick. Under the Hill. (1979). ISBN 0-904387-36-4Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. Through the abbey's gatehouse arch are a few houses and the small village primary school of Kingswood. History.
Kingswood Abbey. St German's Priory. Homewood, Knebworth. St Mary and St Martin’s Church, Blyth. Etton, Cambridgeshire. Wark on Tweed Castle. Morley Town Hall. Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. The abbey was demolis...
