Dorchester Abbey photos

Photos of Dorchester Abbey

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The south front of Dorchester Abbey	Lych gate to Dorchester Abbey, off Dorchester High Street
The west window of the abbey church	The south front of the abbey	Medieval wall painting
Carved head in a medieval column capital in the nave	Medieval effigy on a tomb	Medierval bronze memorial set into the floor of the south aisle
Medieval piscina beside the altar in Dorchester Abbey. The piscina was used to wash holy vessels and the priest's hands	the abbey font

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	Oxfordshire travel guide - Photos of Dorchester Abbey Dorchester Abbey, a former medieval monastery, is now the parish church of lovely Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire.

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