The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury in the English county of Gloucestershire is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery. In 1471 during Battle of Tewkesbury, one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses, bloodshed within church so great that it is closed. The tower is a particularly fine example of Romanesque architecture characterised by semi-circular arches.