  |
Pershore,
Worcestershire travel guide A guide to Pershore, Worcestershire, England, highlighting attractions, history, and visitor information. |
 |
|
|
|||
 Home
> England
> Worcestershire
> Pershore |
|||
|
|
Pershore
Pershore Abbey was one of the largest abbeys in Britain, larger even than Worcester Cathedral. The abbey itself was destroyed in the Reformation, but the local inhabitants saved the church from destruction by purchasing it for their own use. The striking lantern tower dates from 1350, while in the interior the round font is beautifully carved, and the interior as a whole boasts superb vaulting joined by carved bosses featuring beasts, leaf and foliate head patterns. The town of Pershore is best approached from the east, over an elaborate 6 arched bridge across the Avon. The bridge dates from the medieval period, thoughh the central arch was restored after extensive damage during the Civil War.
CONTACT
© David Ross and Britain Express |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pershore
is the self-proclaimed "capital of the plum", a tribute to
the tradition of plum orchards in the area. The town grew up around
the abbey founded here in 689 by St. Oswald, and it is the abbey church
that is the feature of greatest interest for most visitors. The church
has nothing of St. Oswald's Saxon establishment left, as the Benedictines
built a powerful abbey on the spot in the early Norman period. 
There
are some fine buildings in the town, most from the Georgian period,
though some medieval structures remain.