Market Square, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins. The abbey was the setting for man's first flight attempt in the form of a monk named Elmer who threw himself from the abbey tower and subsequently broke both his legs in c. 1000.

Location

Wiltshire Malmesbury

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

town abbey house housing market ruin people roof victorian (1837 - 1901)