Tags: Religious Building.
Leominster abbey was an Anglo-Saxon monastery established at Leominster in the county of Hereford England. The name of the town refers to its minster a settlement of clergy living a communal life. The monastery perhaps founded in the seventh century was originally a male house. After being destroyed by Danes it was rebuilt as a Benedictine abbey for nuns (see Leominster nunnery).In 1046 the abbess Eadgifu was abducted by Sweyn Godwinson. Eadgifu is only abbess known by name.
