Waltham Abbey Church

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The Abbey Church of Waltham Abbey has been a place of worship since at least 1030, and is in the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. The Prime Meridian passes through its grounds. Harold Godwinson is said to be buried just outside the present abbey. Cheshunt Great House was located nearby.
Waltham Abbey was founded in 1030 to house a Holy Rood or Cross that was the subject of pilgrimage. Legend says that at Montacute near Glastonbury, an Anglo-Danish Thegn called Tovi the Proud found a large black flint crucifix buried at the top of a hill, following a dream.
In about 1120 Harold’s work was demolished and a new church with crossing tower and transepts was built in the Norman style. In 1177 the abbey was re-founded once more, this time as an Augustinian foundation, by Henry II as part of his penance for the murder of Thomas Becket. At this point considerable additional building works were carried out, although the nature and extent of these still await detailed research.
The Augustinian abbey was a popular place for overnight stays with kings and other notables who were hunting in Waltham Forest. It was the last abbey in England to be dissolved, in 1540. Thomas Tallis was the last organist at the Abbey prior to its dissolution. The Holy Cross disappeared without trace at this time. Henry VIII suggested Waltham as one of the new cathedrals for the Church of England, but the proposal was not implemented.

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