Abbey Mill
Ruins · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 51.455, -0.967
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors." In its heyday the abbey was one of Europe's largest royal monasteries. The traditions of the Abbey are continued today by the neighbouring St James's Church, which is partly built using stones of the Abbey ruins.