Major feature about the abbey built for Henry i’s burial

Restoration has turned the site of Reading Abbey, once among England’s greatest medieval churches, into a popular urban attraction. The abbey remains poorly understood, however, and two secretive schemes underway fall short of what is needed – a proper research framework ahead of excavation conducted with full public engagement. In this special feature Tim Tatton-Brown and David Harrison consider Henry I and the abbey’s history, what we know of current work, and what is best for the site