![]() Today, Glastonbury lives on as a tourist attraction, the ancient buildings and unique atmosphere continuing to draw visitors from all over the world. ![]() After this, the abbey fell into ruins but the town itself continued to thrive as a commercial centre. The success of the town continued to be linked with the unbroken importance of the abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. It became one of the most important abbeys in Britain and in 1016 was chosen for the coronation of Edmund Ironside. The Saxons built the first stone church around 712 AD, the Saxon king Centwine being the first supporters of Glastonbury Abbey. The town appears to have been inhabited since the Neolithic age and a Christian community is thought to have existed from the earliest days of the Church in this country. Glastonbury Town (viewed from the Tor) © TAB
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