EOS 5D MK.II with ZEISS DISTAGON F2.8 21MM Sample Photo 521254 By bajanexile

Gloucester Cathedral stands on the site of an early monastery established in 678 or 679. The present abbey church was created between 1072 and 1104 as a part of a Benedictine monastery. Gloucester is one of 6 former monasteries that were re-founded as cathedrals in the period of Henry VIII. It was probably selected as it has the tomb of a former English King, Edward II, and the coronation took place here of Henry III.

The Benedictine monks would have washed here in preparation for Mass.