1) During the ice ages huge glaciers covered the land, when they melted they cut out the valley where the river Avon flows and left behind gravel terraces.
2) Travelers carrying salt from the Droitwich area forded the river at a narrow crossing . . . — — Map (db m245527) HM
1) St Benedict founded the Benedictine order of monks. His most famous monastery is at Monte Cassino in Italy. Benedict said monks should have no personal belongings and should divide the day into three parts.
2) The first part was devoted to the . . . — — Map (db m245528) HM
1) 1563 - Pershore had 216 families. Most people were farmers but there were also butchers, bakers, a cooper, and an illegal tobacconist!
2) 1635 - Trade improved when William Sandys of Fladbury made the River Avon a navigable waterway.
3) . . . — — Map (db m245529) HM
Pershore Abbey Chronology
681-689: Ethelred of Marcia gave estates to Oswald to establish a monastery at Pershore.
972: King Edgar's charter confirmed the estate. The Benedictine Rule was introduced.
976-983: An anti-monastic . . . — — Map (db m245530) HM
