Wiltshire historian David Mitchell's fascination with the North Wessex Way began when he stumbled across a 400-year-old map in a book ... was modelled on Malmesbury Abbey 12 miles away.
Now, these remains are revealing more than ever before about the rich history of the Malmesbury Abbey next door. Discovering The Skeletons At The Old Bell Hotel According to Cotswold Archaeology ...
in the Middle Ages the building had a tall central spire... Malmesbury Abbey's founder, Maidulph, died in 675. At this time Aldhelm, a Saxon by birth and related to King Ine of Wessex, took over ...