Romsey Abbey
Romsey Abbey, in
Hampshire,
England, was originally built during the
10th century, and was a
Benedictine foundation. It is located in the
market town of
Romsey, and the surviving church is the town's outstanding feature. This is all the more remarkable because the abbey was a nunnery, and nuns' churches tended not to be as grand as those of monasteries because their houses were less generously endowed.