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Battle Walk - Evesham
Abbey- Simon de Montfort memorial. |
| Leaving the High Street walk through the church yard by
the Churches of All Saints and St. Lawrence, around the Bell Tower and
towards to the river. On your right you will see the Simon de Montfort
memorial.
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| The monument was erected in 1965 on the 700th anniversary of his
death, it is made from stone collected from the ruins of the Montfort
castle in Lamaury in France. |
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Behind the iron railings there is an earlier monument, sadly
I don't have a date. |
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| There is very little left of the Abbey, a few fragments of wall. AS
the stone was used for new buildings in the area after 1540.The area of
the Abbey is marked out on the grass of the park. A few pieces of stone
were saved and removed and are on view in private grounds by the Obelisk. |
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This is an artist impression of the interior taken from
a notice board in the park. The Abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII
in1540. |
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| The original Abbey tower was reported to be twice the
height of Abbot Lichfield's fine 16th Century Bell tower. |
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Evesham Abbey was in 1265 the third richest abbey in the
country. |
| Before starting your walk to the battlefield pop into St Lawrence's
Church and take a look at the fine stained glass window depicting Simon
de Montfort's last few hours in the Abbey. |
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| de Montfort coat of arms |
Simons barber seeing Edwards flag deception
from the top of the bell tower |
Bishop de Cantaloupe giving communion to
Simons men and Simon in prayer. |
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The banners seen above the communion group belong to Sir
Hugh Despenser, Simon de Montfort and Sir Ralph Basset all killed that
day on the 4th August 1265. Banners in those day were boiled in a stew
of bones to make them stiff, so they could be see and recognized from a
good distance |
| Starting your Battle walk |
| Leave the Abbey grounds and turn right up the High Street. You are
heading upwards towards Greenhill if you look over your shoulder you
will see the Bell Tower behind you |
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Pass the Train Station on your left, straight up the
hill. You will come to open area with houses and a narrow road on your
left. |
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If you go a little down this road and look towards the town. You will
see the Bell Tower. If you were flying those captured de Montfort
banners they could have been seen by Simons Barber from the tower as
chronicled and depicted in the church's stained glass. |
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| Resume your walk back on the main road past the plaque of Battle well |
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Across the street the Simon named road one of many in this
County. |
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