Romsey Abbey.

Romsey Abbey.

Church of the St Mary and St Ethelflæda, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Diocese of Winchester.
The church dates between 1140 and 1240.
Once the church of a benedictine nunnery, founded in 907.
After the dissolution of the monasteries, in 1544 it was purchased from the king, Henry VIII, by the parish of Romsey for use as the parish church.
This view faces east down the nave.
The font -
the symbol of the start of the Christian journey -
takes pride of place at the western (nearside) end of the nave.
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