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Photos: Dorchester Abbey

This gallery of 171 photos accompanies our article on Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Now an Anglican parish church, Dorchester Abbey was a cathedral founded by St. Birinus in 635 AD and later became an Augustinian abbey. The present building dates from the 12th to 14th centuries. All photos marked © Sacred Destinations are available for licensing. Click any image to enlarge, or just start at the beginning for a virtual tour!


Sign
Path to the Church
South Exterior
South Exterior
South Exterior
Southern Exposure
Afternoon Shadows
Museum
The Thatched Cottage
Cottage
The Thatched Cottage
Rose
Vista from Porch
South Porch
South Porch
Horseman
Museum
Tower
North Exterior
North Door
Sedilia Exterior
South Exterior
Nosy Fellow
Nosy Fellow
Lady
Lead Font (1170)
Lead Font (1170)
Lead Font (1170)
Lead Font (1170)
Lead Font (1170)
Crucifixion Mural (c.1340)
Crucifixion Mural (1340)
Crucifixion Mural (c.1340)
Crucifixion (1340)
The Virgin Mary (1340)
St. John the Evangelist (1340)
Sun (1340)
Mural
Tile
Carving
Romanesque Sculpture
Romanesque Sculpture
Romanesque Sculpture
Carving
St Birinius Window (c.1250)
Nave Looking East
Nave Looking East
Chancel
Chancel
Nave Looking East
Nave
Chandelier
Chandelier
Saint Christopher
Chancel
East Window
Chancel Windows
Chancel Windows
High Altar
Jesse of the Jesse Window
Jesse of the Jesse Window
Two Magi in the Jesse Window
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Angel
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window: King David
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Magi in the Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
Jesse Window Detail
East Window Tracery: Kiss of Judas
East Window: Scourging, Annunciation, St Michael
East Window: Resurrection
St. Lawrence
East Window: Appearance to Mary
East Window: Jaws of Hell
East Window: Mocking of Christ
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
St. Michael the Archangel
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
East Window Detail
The Holy Spirit
Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms
Sedilia
Sedilia Window: Bishop
Sedilia Window: Bishop
Sedilia Window: Bishop
Sedilia Window: Monks
Sedilia Window: Monks
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Dog
Sedilia Animals
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Sculpture
Sedilia Detail
Sedilia Detail
Head of a Man
Shrine of St. Birinius
Shrine of St. Birinius
Shrine of St. Birinius
Ascension
Christ with Mary and Joseph
Tomb of Sir William (d. 1282)
Tomb of Sir William (d. 1282)
Tomb of Sir William (d. 1282)
Tomb of Sir William (d. 1282)
Tomb of Sir William (d. 1282)
Tomb of Sir William (d. 1282)
Tomb of a Knight
Tomb of a Knight
Tomb of a Knight
Tomb
Tomb of Sir John de Stonore (d.1354)
Tomb of Sir John de Stonore (d.1354)
Brass
Brass
Brass
Green Man
Cloister Gallery
Old Wooden Door



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