Glastonbury (/ˈɡlæstənbəri/ GLAST-ən-bər-ee, UK also /ˈɡlɑːst-/ GLAHST-) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the...
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Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The...
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Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a...
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2010. "Glastonbury". Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2010. Nevard, Chris. "Glastonbury after...
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called Crataegus oxyacantha var. praecox), found in and around Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Unlike ordinary hawthorn trees, it flowers twice a year...
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times, including Wookey Hole.[citation needed] The Somerset Levels—specifically dry points at Glastonbury and Brent Knoll—also have a long history of settlement...
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The Somerset Levels. Ex Libris Press. pp. 35–38. ISBN 0-948578-38-6. "Glastonbury Lake Village". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County...
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1693 and first settled in 1636. It was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is on the banks of the Connecticut River, 7 miles (11 km)...
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The Glastonbury Festival (formally the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of...
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and Pilgrims' Inn in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, was built in the late 15th century to accommodate visitors to Glastonbury Abbey. It has been designated...
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Oaks of Avalon (redirect from Gog and Magog, Glastonbury)
given to a pair of ancient oak trees, Gog and Magog, that stand in Glastonbury in Somerset, South West England. The trees were named after the ancient apocalyptic...
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The 2023 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June and followed the 2022 edition of the festival. The three...
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Frome and East Somerset seat). Includes the communities of Bruton, Castle Cary, Langport, Martock, Somerton and Wincanton. Glastonbury and Street from...
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Chalice Well (category Glastonbury)
near the summit of Chalice Hill, a small hill next to Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The natural spring and surrounding gardens are...
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3 miles (5 km) south-west of Shepton Mallet and 6 miles (10 km) east of Glastonbury. The village has a population of 998. The parish includes the hamlets...
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The 2024 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 26 and 30 June at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, and followed the 2023...
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the most ambitious parish churches in Somerset", the present Church of St John the Baptist in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century...
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Michael Eavis (category Glastonbury Festival)
the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset. Eavis was born in Pilton, Somerset on 17 October 1935, and...
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Midsomer Norton Wellington Shepton Mallet Radstock Glastonbury This is a list of settlements in Somerset by population based on the results of the 2011 census...
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Montagu Porch (category People from Glastonbury)
was three years his junior. Porch was born on 15 March 1877 in Glastonbury, Somerset, the younger son of Reginald Porch (1838-1886) LL.M., of the Bengal...
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that railway at Cole. The Somerset Central Railway opened on 28 August 1854 from Glastonbury to Highbridge Wharf. Glastonbury was then an important manufacturing...
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dry point settlements include Glastonbury, situated on a low hill in the marshy, and once frequently flooded, Somerset Levels, and Wareham in Dorset surrounded...
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Temple of the Stars (redirect from Glastonbury Zodiac)
Stars is an alleged ancient temple claimed to be situated around Glastonbury in Somerset, England. The temple is claimed by some to depict a colossal landscape...
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Glastonbury Festival is a greenfield music and performing arts festival on farm land near Pilton, England. It was first held in 1970 and has been held...
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Glastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech...
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Arabella Churchill (charity founder) (category Glastonbury Festival)
press, she left instead for rural Somerset, where she helped lead the first full-scale incarnation of the Glastonbury Festival with Andrew Kerr, Thomas...
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Glastonbury F.C. is a football club based in Glastonbury, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. The club are currently members of...
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Glastonbury Lake Village was an Iron Age village, situated on a crannog or man made island in the Somerset Levels, near Godney, some 3 miles (5 km) north...
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1476611°N 2.7171333°W / 51.1476611; -2.7171333 The Tribunal in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, was built in the 15th century as a merchant's house. It...
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The Anglican Church of St Benedict at Glastonbury within the English county of Somerset was built as a Norman chapel in the 11th century with substantial...
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