Glastonbury — town in Somersetshire, famous as a prehistoric site, O.E. Glestingabyrig, Glastingburi (725), Stronghold (O.E. byrig, dat. of burh) of the people (O.E. inga ) living at Glaston, a Celtic name, possibly meaning woad place … Etymology dictionary
Glastonbury Abbey — • Benedictine monastery, Somersetshire, England, pre eminently the centre of early Christian tradition in England Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Abbey … Catholic encyclopedia
Glastonbury (disambiguation) — Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England.Glastonbury can also refer to:*Glastonbury, Connecticut, a town in the United States *Glastonbury Festival, a music festival near the English town * Glastonbury (film), a documentary about the… … Wikipedia
Glastonbury High School — is a public, co educational high school located in Glastonbury, Connecticut.Glastonbury High School is the only high school in the town of Glastonbury, Connecticut. It serves roughly 2,100 students and roughly 130 faculty members. The school… … Wikipedia
Glastonbury, Connecticut — Infobox Settlement official name = Glastonbury, Connecticut other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank… … Wikipedia
Glastonbury — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption=A view of Glastonbury from the Tor latitude= 51.1485 longitude= 2.7140 official name= Glastonbury population = 8,800cite web|url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030F1/mendip… … Wikipedia
Glastonbury Festival — infobox music festival music festival name = Glastonbury Festival location = Pilton, England founders = Michael Eavis years active= Every year, except every 5th year dates = last weekend of June (3 days) genre = Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock … Wikipedia
Glastonbury Canal — The Glastonbury Canal ran for just over convert|14|mi|km through two locks from Glastonbury to Highbridge in Somerset, England, where it entered the River Parrett and from there the Bristol Channel. The canal was authorised by Parliament in 1827… … Wikipedia
Glastonbury — /glas teuhn ber ee/; for 1 also /glas teuhn beuh ree/; for 2 also /glas euhn ber ee/, n. 1. a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and… … Universalium
Glastonbury Abbey — Infobox monastery name =Glastonbury Abbey caption =View from the former location of the North transept in East direction to the choir. full = other names = order =Benedictine established =712 disestablished =1539 mother = diocese = churches =… … Wikipedia
