Tewkesbury is a market town in
Gloucestershire, 10 miles north of
Gloucester. It is situated on the
Avon near its confluence with the
River Severn. Tewkesbury Abbey was founded in 715, later becoming one of the richest of Benedictine foundations in England. Of the abbey, only the gateway, part of the cloisters, and some other fragments remain. In 1471, Tewkesbury was the scene of the final defeat of the Lancastrians in the
War of the Roses.