page_title: Alton Abbey
hierarchical_section_title: Alton Abbey
caption_attribution_description: English: Alton Abbey. Alton Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery in the Church of England. Its web site is http://www.altonabbey.org.uk.
context_page_description: Alton Abbey is an Anglican Benedictine monastery in the village of Beech, near Alton, Hampshire, England. The abbey is not far from one of Hampshire's highest points, King's Hill. The community was founded by the Revd Charles Plomer Hopkins in 1884, as the Society of Saint Paul, in Rangoon and Culcutta to work with destitute or distressed merchant seafarers and their chaplains. The first house was opened in 1894 in Barry Dock, South Wales to continue this work.
context_section_description: Alton Abbey is an Anglican Benedictine monastery (founded in 1895) in the village of Beech, near Alton, Hampshire, England. The abbey is not far from one of Hampshire's highest points, King's Hill (218 m). The community was founded by the Revd Charles Plomer Hopkins in 1884, as the Society of Saint Paul, in Rangoon (Burma) and Culcutta (India) to work with destitute or distressed merchant seafarers and their chaplains. The first house was opened in 1894 in Barry Dock, South Wales (now closed) to continue this work.
caption: The entrance to Alton Abbey, Hampshire.
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