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Andy Williams
Mar 31 min read
View from the Abbey - What the Canons of Keynsham Abbey Could See!
The following image is of St Johns Church as seen from the gardens at Keynsham Abbey and was taken by Martin Farrell. As detailed in our...
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Andy Williams
Mar 31 min read
Photographic Diary - Spring 2025
Martin Farrell, from the Keynsham branch of the Avon Wildlife Trust is helping us to record the life of the Keynsham Abbey remains over...
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Andy Williams
Mar 21 min read
Raising the Profile of Keynsham Abbey - Visit by BANES Councillors
In trying to raise the profile of the abbey grounds we invited BANES councillors Alex Beaumont and George Leach to meet with members of...
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Andy Williams
Mar 21 min read
The Augustinian Canons of Keynsham Abbey
Canons to the left of us, canons to the right! One of our volunteers, Lin, knitted these lovely Augustinian canons to try to explain to...
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Andy Williams
Feb 122 min read
Dates for your Diary
We are pleased to announce the dates we will be at Keynsham Abbey in 2025. Our volunteers will be at Keynsham Abbey every other...
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Andy Williams
Feb 121 min read
RHS South West in Bloom 2024
We were delighted to be presented with our “It’s Your Neighbourhood” award by South West in Bloom. Keynsham Abbey Remains have now...
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Andy Williams
May 31, 20244 min read
Research Update - A View from the 16th Century
In conducting research of Keynsham Abbey, one of our members has come across two historical documents from the 16th century that provide...
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Andy Williams
May 27, 20241 min read
Spring 2024 Update
Volunteers have been working hard throughout the Spring. During this period, some volunteers have been on a dry stone wall course to help...
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Andy Williams
Apr 13, 20241 min read
Volunteer Gardening Events - 2024
Interested in gardening? Interested in history? Why not combine the two and come to Keynsham Abbey in Keynsham Memorial Park. A...
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Andy Williams
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Keynsham Through Time - An Exhibition
This year we have been pleased to collaborate with Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society and The Brass Mill Project on an exhibition...
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Andy Williams
Nov 28, 20231 min read
A New Display of Stones
Regular readers of our blogs will know that we have been working on tidying the Nave area of Keynsham Abbey. Part of this has involved...
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Andy Williams
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Heritage Open Day
In September we took part in the Heritage Open Days Scheme. Keynsham Abbey was open to the public on two Saturday afternoons with a...
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Andy Williams
Sep 5, 20233 min read
Research Update - Bishop Heahmund, The Polychronicon and Links to Keynsham Abbey!
One of our Abbey volunteers has been conducting research with Exeter University seeking to uncover as much information as possible, about...
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Andy Williams
Sep 5, 20231 min read
Preparation for Heritage Open Days
Our volunteers were out in force at the weekend (Saturday 2nd September 2023) in order to prepare the site for the Heritage Open Days...
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Andy Williams
Aug 12, 20232 min read
Pop-Up Museum For Keynsham!!
Keynsham Through Time: The Abbey And The Brass Mills An exhibition celebrating Keynsham Abbey and the Brass Mills of Keynsham, with...
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Andy Williams
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Keynsham Town Council Grant 2023/24
On Thursday 20th July 2023, Keynsham Town Council hosted an Awards Evening held at 'The Space' in Keynsham. The awards are given to...
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Andy Williams
Aug 12, 20232 min read
Summer 2023 Update
Despite the awful weather, our volunteers have been busy keeping the abbey site tidy and free of weeds. The poor weather caused us to...
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Andy Williams
Aug 12, 20232 min read
Abbey Brief Update
Sincere apologies for the delay in publishing our blog updates!! Apart from some awful weather that has restricted some of our gardening...
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Andy Williams
Mar 29, 20231 min read
Spring 2023 has arrived!!
Saturday 18th March 2023. Spring was evident in the Abbey grounds where volunteers took advantage of the good weather and started an...
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Andy Williams
Jan 3, 20231 min read
A Floor Tile Returns!!
A few months ago, we were contacted by a former teacher, who told us that, when working at Broadlands School in the 1980s, a pupil had...
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Andy Williams
View from the Abbey - What the Canons of Keynsham Abbey Could See!
The following image is of St Johns Church as seen from the gardens at Keynsham Abbey and was taken by Martin Farrell. As detailed in our...


Andy Williams
Photographic Diary - Spring 2025
Martin Farrell, from the Keynsham branch of the Avon Wildlife Trust is helping us to record the life of the Keynsham Abbey remains over...


Andy Williams
Raising the Profile of Keynsham Abbey - Visit by BANES Councillors
In trying to raise the profile of the abbey grounds we invited BANES councillors Alex Beaumont and George Leach to meet with members of...
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