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An ancient town in Somersetshire, 36 m. S. of Bristol, on the Brue; it is associated with many interesting legends and historical traditions that point to its existence in very early times; thus it was the Avalon of Arthurian legend, and the place where Joseph of Arimathea, when he brought the Holy Grail, is said to have founded the first Christian Church; ruins are still extant of the old abbey founded by Henry II., which itself succeeded the ancient abbey of St. Dunstan; there is trade in gloves, mats, rugs, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Glastonbury'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/glastonbury.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Glastonbury'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/glastonbury.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
