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Bath Abbey - from the West Somerset Old Postcard ChurchVintage picture post card. Church. Bath Abbey from the West - Somerset. Photo T.C. Leaman Bath.Publisher: British Publishing Company Ltd Background: The present Bath Abbey church founded in 1499, ruined after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 by order of Henry VIII. It is the last of the great medieval churches of England. The West Front is unique. It depicts the dream that inspired the Abbey's founder, Bishop Oliver King, to pull down the ruined Norman cathedral and raise the present building on its foundations.
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