Talk:Evesham Abbey

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The information is all here for a Start class, but the structure of the article possibly needs some improvement to reduce the slightly informal tone, and to integrate some orphaned sentences into other paragraphs. There may also be additional useful information on the Evesham page.--Kudpung (talk) 06:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

The assertion in the Dissolution section that "the abbey was plundered and demolished by the townsfolk.[14] " is not supported by the reference given - in fact arguably the opposite. The reference says "The abbey church was rased to the ground immediately on the surrender, and the usual reckless destruction and spoliation followed, though the tower of Abbot Litchfield was saved, as it is said, by the intervention of the men of Evesham, who, as Browne Willis suggests, (fn. 237) had contributed towards its erection." Other references suggest that the town bought the Lichfield Tower, thus saving it from destruction, while the rest of the abbey was sold for stone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.49.62.127 (talk) 18:37, 7 January 2011 (UTC)