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Malmesbury Abbey from the River Avon.

After the dissolution of the monastries Malmsebury Abbey and its surrounding land was sold to rich merchant William Stumpe who retuned the abbey chuch to the town for continued worship but filled the abbey itself with looms for cloth weaving.

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Uploaded on February 25, 2009
Taken on February 21, 2009