Coombe Abbey - Contents

This is an updated internet version of the book "The Story of Coombe Abbey by D.L.Motkin published by the House Committee of Coombe Abbey in 1961". This internet version was first published 13-May-2004 - updates since then are summarised in the News Archive page, which also highlights latest news or plans..

Cover of 1961 paper book

Chapter Title and link

Preface

I Monks come to Combe

II Monks, Murder and Theft

III Henry VIII and the Dissolution

IV An Age of Intrigue

V Virtus in Actione Consistit

VI The Wind of Change

VII The present days (from 1961)

VIII The Buildings

Annex A List of Abbots

Annex B Key Dates

Annex C Bibliography

Annex D Acknowledgements and Thanks

ILLUSTRATIONS

	Title and link
Annex E	List of Illustrations - giving links to view of illustration (which show illustration in bottom frame of same page), and source information.
Annex F	Then & Now - Set of illustrations, with a modern photo from the same viewpoint today. Presented as a single document. Note that this page may take a long time to load the first time you try, but after loading this, illustrations in all chapters will load faster.

SUPPORT PAGES

	Title and link
	News Archive - news items about the development of this site, with the latest at the top. It serves to retain a brief record of evolution from initial publication to today.
	Print Versions - this web-site as PDF files, with notes on how to use, and how they were created

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