Talk:Syon Abbey

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A Winner of the September 2005 West Dakota Prize

This entry, one of an unprecedented 52, has won the September 2005 West Dakota Prize, awarded for successfully employing the expression "legend states" in a complete sentence.

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[edit] Apocryphal stories

A long-standing legend states that King Henry VIII´s coffin, lying in the ruined chapal at Syon on its way to Windsor for burial, burst open during the night and in the morning dogs were found licking up the remains. This was regarded as divine judgement for his desecration of the abbey. Stories like this are scattered all through Wikipedia. Any remark I might make would sound arrogant, so I keep mum. Wetman 02:48, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I think it's interesting and weird. I don't really see what's wrong with such legends. Although I doubt dogs would be just licking the remains.... unless they happened to be really well-fed. --Menchi 19:32, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Location of Syon Abbey

The article states that the abbey was originally located (when founded) in Twickenham, then subsequently moved to the Isleworth/Brentford location.

Other sources mention it as originally being sited in Richmond.

Can anyone definitively say where it was first located? WLD 18:00, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)