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A 'You Are Here' at the Old Vicarage, Glastonbury.

A metal marker plaque, part of the Glastonbury Millennium Trail, set on a wall outside The Old Vicarage, Glastonbury.

The information on the plaque reads -
[Taken from glastonburyantiquarians.org (visit link) ]
Behind the high wall is the Old Vicarage, built for £900 in 1819 with help from Queen Anne’s Bounty. This fund was used because the Glastonbury Vicars had a very low income—after the Abbey had appropriated their endowment. Across the road is the pretty 18th century Georgian house, Kylemore. Along-side it is the first purpose built Methodist Chapel in Glastonbury.

Silver Street was originally inside the abbey precinct.

The original northern wall surrounding the abbey was nearer to the High Street. However, the high wall along Chilkwell Street follows the original eastern boundary of the precinct. It may be that the bottom stones are from the time of the re-building of the abbey after the disastrous fire of 1184—or even that of the earlier Norman church. Opposite the wall, on the site of a row of medieval cottages, are more spacious Georgian and Victorian houses.

Location Name: Old Vicarage, Lambrook Street

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