Glastonbury England is less than 1 mile across the River Brue from Street, which is larger than Glastonbury England.
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29 Facts About Glastonbury England
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Glastonbury England Lake Village was an Iron Age village, close to the old course of the River Brue and Sharpham Park approximately 2 miles west of Glastonbury England, that dates back to the Bronze Age.
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One of the most important abbeys in Glastonbury England, it was the site of Edmund Ironside's coronation as King of Glastonbury England in 1016.
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Joseph is said to have arrived in Glastonbury England and stuck his staff into the ground, when it flowered miraculously into the Glastonbury England Thorn.
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The Glastonbury England Festival, held in the nearby village of Pilton, takes its name from the town.
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In 1191 Sharpham Park was gifted by the soon-to-be King John I to the Abbots of Glastonbury England, who remained in possession of the park and house until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
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The opening of the Glastonbury England Canal produced an upturn in trade, and encouraged local building.
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Glastonbury England received national media coverage in 1999 when cannabis plants were found in the town's floral displays.
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Glastonbury England is notable for myths and legends concerning Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur as recorded by ancient historians William of Malmesbury, Venerable Bede, Gerald of Wales and Geoffrey of Monmouth.
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Glastonbury England's noted that the project has actually uncovered the first definitive proof of occupation at the Glastonbury Abbey site during the fifth century—when Arthur allegedly lived.
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Many other examples of the thorn grow throughout Glastonbury England including those in the grounds of Glastonbury England Abbey, St Johns Church and Chalice Well.
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Glastonbury England is in the local government district of Mendip, which is part of the county of Somerset.
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Glastonbury England falls within the Wells constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Glastonbury England is less than 1 mile across the River Brue from the village of Street.
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Glastonbury England Canal ran just over 14 miles through two locks from Glastonbury England to Highbridge where it entered the Bristol Channel in the early 19th century, but it became uneconomic with the arrival of the railway in the 1840s.
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Glastonbury England fell into Saxon hands after the Battle of Peonnum in 658.
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Glastonbury England is said to have directed that a stone church be built in 712.
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Glastonbury England instituted the Benedictine Rule at Glastonbury and built new cloisters.
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For such a relatively small town, Glastonbury England has a remarkably diverse history of Christian places of worship, further enriched by the fact that several of these movements saw break-away factions, typically setting up new meeting places as a result of doctrinal disagreements, leaving behind them a legacy which would require a highly specialized degree of study in order to chart their respective histories and places of practice.
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Glastonbury England has a particular significance for members of the Baha'i Faith in that Wellesley Tudor Pole, founder of the Chalice Well Trust, was one of the earliest and most prominent adherents of this faith in the United Kingdom.
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John Cowper Powys's novel A Glastonbury England Romance is set in Glastonbury England and is concerned with the Grail.
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Glastonbury England is one of the venues for the annual West Country Carnival.
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Glastonbury England has been the birthplace or home to many notable people.
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Bill Bunbury moved on from Glastonbury England to become a writer, radio broadcaster, and producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Athletes and sports players from Glastonbury England include cricketers Cyril Baily in 1880, George Burrough in 1907, and Eustace Bisgood in 1878.
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