Battle, a town with heritage

BATTLE

What a name for a village.

Off course it gets it's name from the Battle of Hastings.

But what a great Village.

When we got there they were preparing for the village fireworks for Guy Fawkes.

At one end of the village is the Old Abbey entrance. Now part of the school.

The school use to be the monks quarters when the battle Abbey was standing.

Even the house by the gate was doing it best to survive the times this one is from the 1670's

The gate was a castle in itself.

The Battle Coat of Arms was everywhere.

This tower is part of the main gate.

The Abby was destroyed during Henry reformation.

But the grand architecture still impressed.

The main hall was for the novices, it was very dark in it.

Under it has Large Store Rooms that still exist today.

This tower overlooking the battle ground is part of the school

The stone is home to hundreds of pigeons, most white, for when the abbey was running

you could only keep white pigeons if you could hear the bells.

Today the white color is still a major trait in the birds.

And the stone work was suffering the pigeons damage over time.

The Battle Ground, was not impressive, just another paddock

It was the Abbey's remain, This is just one of the abbeys wings.

So the actual abbey must have been one of the most impressive buildings of it's time.

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