{"id":107,"date":"2021-03-16T08:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:52:24","slug":"the-original-abbey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/the-original-abbey\/","title":{"rendered":"The original Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/abbey5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/abbey5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/abbey5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/abbey5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/abbey5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A model of what the Abbey almost certainly looked like. This can be seen in Reading Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the Abbey is now destroyed. It covered a very large area as can be seen in this map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/readingabbey-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/readingabbey-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/readingabbey-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/readingabbey-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/readingabbey.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2021-07-14-21.38.35-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2021-07-14-21.38.35-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2021-07-14-21.38.35-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2021-07-14-21.38.35-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2021-07-14-21.38.35.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The alleged hand of St James, the main relic of Reading Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the Abbey is now destroyed. It covered a very large area as can be seen in this map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}