St Augustine's Abbey

St Augustine's Abbey
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	Abbot Fyndon's Great Gate, with Lady Wootton's Green in the foreground, is a private entrance into the King’s School. The public entrance to the abbey ruins is on Longport.
Location	Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Part of	Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
Reference	496-002
Inscription	1988 (12th Session)
Area	8.42 ha (20.8 acres)
Website	www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-augustines-abbey/
Coordinates	51°16′44.0″N 1°5′13.5″E / 51.278889°N 1.087083°E
	Location of St Augustine's Abbey in Kent St Augustine's Abbey (the United Kingdom)

St Augustine's Abbey (founded as the Monastery of SS. Peter and Paul and changed after Augustine's death) was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England.^[2] The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation. After the abbey's dissolution, it underwent dismantlement until 1848.

Since 1848, part of the site has been used for educational purposes (used as boarding houses and a library by The King's School, Canterbury) and the abbey ruins have been preserved for their historical value.^[3]

^ "St Augustine's Abbey". English Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/42999/Saint-Augustine-of-Canterbury
^ "St Augustine’s Abbey" at http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=27. Accessed 13 December 2013.

[english-heritage-1] "St Augustine's Abbey". English Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[2] Encyclopædia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/42999/Saint-Augustine-of-Canterbury

[3] "St Augustine’s Abbey" at http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=27. Accessed 13 December 2013.

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