The monastery at St. Albans was one of the most important in the country. It was a major site of pilgrimage receiving many pilgrims from Ireland. The book was held in St. Albans Abbey for 300 ...

The latter, part castle and part monastery, became a place of exile for awkward members of the community. St Albans was also declared the premier abbey of the kingdom by the only English pope, Adrian ...

The monastery was one of the most important pilgrimage destinations, including for many pilgrims from Ireland. ... The book was held in St Albans Abbey for 300 years until its dissolution in 1539.

A £7m welcome centre at St Albans Abbey that tells the story of the church in "new ways" has opened. The story of Britain's first saint and the role the Hertfordshire cathedral has played in the ...

The four paintings in St Albans Abbey date from the early 13th Century. They were whitewashed over after the dissolution of the abbey's monastery by Henry VIII in 1539.

This was replaced in 1077 by a large Norman church and monastery During the Reformation, the people of St Albans raised £400 to buy the building from the King Henry VIII so it wouldn't be destroyed ...