Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, south-west England, founded in the seventh century. Under Aldhelm, its abbot in the late seventh century, it became a leading centre of learning, and King Æthelstan was buried there in 939. The historian William of Malmesbury was a monk there in the twelfth century, and part of the medieval nave survives as a parish church.