A Brief History of Glastonbury Abbey and Narrative Construction

Chronological Timeline of Glastonbury:

• 7th Century Abbey is founded at Glastonbury
• 946 King Edmund I is buried at Glastonbury
• 975 King Edgar is buried at Glastonbury
• 1016 Edmund Ironside is buried at Glastonbury
• 1086 Glastonbury is described as a town (although it would seem very small to us)
• 1184 Glastonbury Abbey suffers a severe fire
• 1186 The Lady Chapel at Glastonbury Abbey is consecrated
• 1188 Monks at Glastonbury produce a body, which they claim is that of St Dunstan
• 1191 Monks at Glastonbury 'discover' the bodies of 'King Arthur' and 'Guinevere'
• 1243 Glastonbury has an annual fair
• 1251 A hospital is built in Glastonbury where monks care for the sick as best they can. Glastonbury may have had a population of about 1,000. Town is extremely popular with pilgrims and is the towns main source of income.
• 1539 Henry VIII closes Glastonbury Abbey. The abbot and two monks are hung, drawn and quartered.
• 1685 The Duke of Monmouth leads a rebellion, which is defeated. Afterwards 10 people are executed at Glastonbury
• 1705 Glastonbury is given a corporation and a mayor
• 1801 Glastonbury has a population of 2,000
• 1814 Glastonbury Town Hall is built
• 1825 A rug making industry begins in Glastonbury
• 1846 Glastonbury market Cross is erected
• 1854 The railway reaches Glastonbury
• 1959 Glastonbury has an annual fair
• 1966 The railway closes
• 1971 The Glastonbury Festival begins
• 1978 Somerset Rural Life Museum opens
• 2001 The population of Glastonbury is 8,000

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• Medieval Ages -16th Century 

Not so fun Fact! Being hung, drawn and quartered is when someone is hung until nearly dead, drawn as in their stomach is slashed and their insides are pulled out and quartered is when they are literally cut into quarters!