The Mystery Of The Medieval Abbey That Vanished | Time Team

Founded by Henry V and built by his son Henry VI, Syon Abbey was a large, wealthy monastery for nuns of an obscure Swedish order. During the reign of Henry VIII it vanished. Its remains lie beneath the lawns of modern Syon House, designed by Capability Brown. What they find is on a huge scale. But there is disagreement as to what kind of building it was. After investigating the foundations of the House, Stewart and Jonathan reach an agreement on the extent of the church. They are joined by buildings historian Jonathan Foyle and monastic expert Barney Sloane.
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Is surreal watching them dig for an abbey foundation, while a passenger jet flies over

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Stewart is brilliant!

[@meademorgan6614]

Building stone is commonly reused. That is an awfully large stone and brick building, right behind them.

[@UnitSe7en]

They literally mention that 17:35

[@nan5650]

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I'm Canadian and I am too, but that's only because we ALL come from there ;-)

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No , you're not. Why do you think you're the only one??

[@jamesmoore5630]

I am a Roman Catholic Monk. I come from an Abbey, university, and it's great library. The Abbey was out of money, after 125 years, so they sold the books in the library and sold all the land to another religion. The university was sold. Now there are 21 people left, and almost no land. Could this have been the Monestaries same fate??? Brother James Kendall Moore OSB OFS OSC

[@stellatoney2279]

I don't mean to "pick nits" but it was Henry IV's daughter Philippa that married Eric VII, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway not his sister.

[@derwynowen8609]

Wonder where they got all the stone for that nice house...................

[@hildajensen6263]

Recycling isn't a new idea by any means.

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Love from the Caribbean

[@whimsyandlogic6013]

Where is Mick for this one? This is right up his abbey! Errr alley! Loved a monastery.

[@LittleRedSlipper]

So where is/are all the walls/pillars/etc? in the building behind you? no, way earlier homes and buildings, no doubt. Really neat find!

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[@Nightangel8212]

Phil Harding is like the Steve Irwin of Archaeology.

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Nothing like Irwin at all.

[@nevillemignot1681]

Phil knows about the same as Steve does about Archaeology.

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Acabar com uma abadia cheia de arte e cultura é de facto um acto irreflectido, não é? Por capricho de religião ou por loucura...perdeu-se um edifício arquitectónico que enriqueceria a história!! Ficaram a meio porque a casa não podia ser destruida!! A arqueologia é muito interessante...dá-nos a reconhecer o passado e a não apagá -lo!! O mistério viu a luz do dia!!

[@wildbill6675]

We have nothing like that in the states it's amazing what they find I love this show here in Kentucky we dig up a lot of Indian relics but nothing like this

[@frankiebluej6902]

I have the closed captioning on at the moment (just because the occasional word slips past me) and Mr. Phil Harding apparently found 'toads' and a 'triceratops' in the first trench while pointing at the window molding. lol! Gotta love closed captioning when you need a giggle. (Though, on the videos where I require closed captioning, it makes me say "... what?! That makes no sense.." quite often and is rather aggravating.)

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My closed caption is frequently terrible, even when the words should be simple they mess them up. I don't know who's responsible for closed captioning but it's on several videos

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Awesome, awesome!!! 💖

[@darylb8773]

I have to know , why every episode you only have three days to explore each of the sites ?

[@AllynHin]

As I understand it, all these people are top experts in their fields and have full-time jobs outside TimeTeam. They spend a long weekend (3 days) on these TimeTeam digs to pique people's interest in history and archaeology and then turn the dig over to local archaeologists to continue the work. I know it is frustrating, at least it is for me, that is seems we just get to the interesting parts and their three days are up.

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Holy, well, COW!! Amazing! I would love to see a rendering with modern graphics!

[@highhopesdetecting7447]

It is KILLING ME that they’re digging up all that earth and not letting me go over it with my metal detector lol

[@skyehook284]

They have their own!

[@highhopesdetecting7447]

But I’m not helping them lol 🥺

[@roguewolf7053]

I can understand the political reasons they ordered the large churches destroyed...but I wish they had just found new purposes for at least some of the churches so more might still be around in good condition. Also wish our ancestors had taken more interest in preserving historic sites & buildings rather than treating anything older as “rubbish”. It especially got bad once Christianity became well founded.

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Thank you.

[@wyattjayden7778]

Hello stunning face can I ask you something?

[@LittleRedSlipper]

Why do you hold yourself to only three days? Tell Phil I say 'hi'. He's your staple and makes me smile all the time. He's such a cutie. So smart and versatile. Where did he go to school? Pray tell.

[@roguewolf7053]

Show funding for filming is a large reason for the time limit. Also the archeologists also work on other longterm sites not just the show. Most archeological sites typically don’t have such a large group of such experienced archeologists unless absolutely massive & involved. And limiting their investigations to just 3 days & promise to clean up after themselves is why the owners of many the places they’ve been allowed to dig allowed them even after having refused all others. Especially when in people’s yards & right next to their houses.

[@ethimself5064]

Some of your DOCS are not available in Canada

[@datajunkie190]

Pinned skull at 25 min. I've also seen that finding reported in relic infant skulls as a form of infanticide.

[@anneburke3756]

They are pins holding her headdress in place not penetrating the skull.

[@voyaristika5673]

So the first evidence of a cloister was a toilet. I can hear the nuns laughing, getting a kick out of that. But it's difficult to accept that magnificent building is gone forever. Sad.

[@WhirlyPearly]

Why don’t you use the more advanced Lidar 3D scanning? A project of this importance and magnificence surely could get it donated. Branson, pull out your cheque book.

[@kaisattelberg5548]

Please note that this episode originally aired in 2004

[@nevillemignot1681]

Where in the earth is Mick Aston, what he doesn't know about Abbey's and their lay out is not worth knowing?

[@margewrobbel2006]

Swedish nuns?? Really must have been that castle with the grail beacon 😄

[@pharmdiddy5120]

there is only one punishment for setting alight the grail shaped beacon...

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@@pharmdiddy5120 "Ooh! A spanking! A spanking!"

[@darkmath100]

@@willmfrank It was a "Nunnery"...lol.

[@lenaeldstahl198]

One of as many as two saints of sweden. Birgitta was a fierce mother of 6 before she turned nun, hearing God's words, at that point she was a political force in Sweden, telling the king that God did'nt like his ruling. He changed his mind, in fear of God (or her).

[@markcopsey4729]

Henry V's sister Philippa married King Eric of Sweden.

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Why are they only finding foundations at the digs?

[@M4G4M4N]

Can anyone explain the whole three day thing with time team?

[@katerinakemp5701]

The archeologists all have fulltime jobs with universities or working on their own dig sites, so 3 days is the max for them worked over weekends. If further exploration is warranted this is taken over by local archeological groups.

[@jamesmoore5630]

At least your driving Land Rovers!!!

[@annazaman9657]

That's a very soft stone he's carving. What is it?

[@theoriginaleb9616]

Do you think this monastery could have been destroyed on purpose during the Protestant reformation?

[@anneburke3756]

Did you watch the episode? It was destroyed by Henry VIII

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[@hudsonfrank1121]

One of the flaws of the abbey that probably caused it to fail was you can not pay your way into heaven. She scammed everyone. A scam that lasted about 100 yrs. It is your relationship with jesus that allows you access into heaven coupled with living a sin free life.

[@grapeshot]

Henry the 8th the 16th century Joseph Stalin. By that I mean the paranoia and the brutality.

[@paloma4444]

ehhh, no

[@grapeshot]

@@paloma4444 ehhh,yes

[@Tareltonlives]

Cash in the Abbey

[@nielcapasso3833]

whats with the three days and why?

[@AllynHin]

As I understand it, all these people are top experts in their fields (except for Tony, he's just the host) and have full-time jobs outside TimeTeam. They spend a long weekend (3 days) on these TimeTeam digs to pique people's interest in history and archaeology and then turn the dig over to local archaeologists to continue the work. I know it is frustrating, at least it is for me, that it seems we just get to the interesting parts and their three days are up.

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Wow, getting ads played twice now. How very cheap of KZbin 👎

[@danielcarson5692]

Split of the church (Pope) and (state) King Henry…??

[@danielcarson5692]

I wish you their was more than 3 day intervals

[@supernova7848]

Isn’t the presenter Baldrick from Black Adder?

[@willmfrank]

Yes he is. I have often wondered if Tony Robinson became a history presenter because of Blackadder, or if he did Blackadder because of his interest in history.

[@mescko]

@@willmfrank I'm surprised no one has asked him this question. I've wondered the same myself.

[@monicacall7532]

Yes, and he has many cunning plans for the crew to follow.

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Whether Henry V or other historical figures - we can bring them all to life. Like Anne of Cleves, who can be placed on the floor in front of you and made to speak with our augmented reality app. Or you can see her as an animated 3D model in the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ6mqYJ_nLKkpNk

[@karmayt8956]

Reading Gods Bankers. Maybe they took the Abbey.

[@darkmath100]

SWEDISH Nunnery....they were running a honey pot.

[@samuelpierce4686]

King Henry VIII was an egomaniac, destroying that beautiful Syon Abbey complex. The Summit Lighthouse, Ascended Master Kuthumi (St Francis) gave an "Expose of False Teachings" that King Henry VIII previous embodiment was as the Apostle Peter, the very founder of the Roman Catholic Church, he was crucified in Rome, upside down, to not dishonor the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He did not make the Ascension (no more embodiment's), and in keeping with his high status as Peter the Apostle, he granted or maybe forced to embody as Henry the VIII. When he could not get his papal approved divorce from Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, from the Pope, he decided to create his own Church of England. He did more damage to the Roman Catholic Church than Martin Luther and John Calvin combined He considered himself still Catholic by keeping many of the Catholic practices. If England would have remained Catholic, America would have been a Catholic country. It has been conveyed through some seers that before the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ that England would convert back to Catholicism. Then he sold most of the Roman Catholic Churches, monasteries and abbeys, he was greedy for funding his projects, but he destroyed the beautiful Syon Abbey, as it was stated for revenge since they were the main opposition center to keep England Catholic. King Henry the VIII is a black spot on English history.

[@darkmath100]

That was a really long winded way of saying Henry caught VD from one of the "nuns".

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

There' always One! 'Spot the Looney' (You have to be of a certain decade to get the reference!)

[@charlenelundquist3512]

Peter DIDNT start the catholic church! Peter had been dead for decades, if not hundreds of years before the catholic church started.

[@pOpCoRn0531]

It felt like I didn't have to watch this...having Henry the Fatso's portrait and the word "DISAPPEARED" who/whatever in the same thumbnail/title says it all.

[@valiantredneck]

Why three days?

[@sirdgar]

yes was just thinking that....sounds so staged.

[@sandybarnes887]

Mick said it could be done in 3 days over a coffee with Tim so that's what they did.

[@sirdgar]

@@sandybarnes887 all of the time team programs ive seen allways takes 3 days. but i still dont get it. it sounds very unproffesonel to me.... but hey it is a show and they got to keep up the suspense like in all other mainstreem programs i know that. got to make it more exiting then it really is. thats all from me....got to go watch some paint dry. cheers

[@sandybarnes887]

@@sirdgar Sir Tony relates the meeting here during the tribute. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3Wcnnl5rKuJkJY

[@sirdgar]

@@sandybarnes887 ok now i understand..... you are abseloutly right in your previously comment.... sir...thank you for enlighting me.

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Premadonna fuss pot

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[@RandomTorok]

I've never understood why they only have 3 days.

[@grapeshot]

I always thought it was just part of the show's premise.

[@meemurthelemur4811]

Combination of show premise and time constraints of the people involved. Most of them have full time jobs in academics, so this is mostly a weekend thing for them. But everything is documented and filled back in so that others can go back and do more extensive excavations at a later point.

[@sandybarnes887]

That's how long Mick said it would take when creating the show with Tim over a coffee

[@baongoc9889]

Financial problem is the main reason. The producer once said it's sad he can't do archaeology show like the old days anymore because it's too costly to pay the whole TV crews to follow a several months dig. His archaeologist friend said, "nah, dig can be done in 3 days". And so the show begins.

[@pixels2u]

to create fake drama

[@peterkrauss6962]

Henry viii the founder of the Protestant religion. If u are an English protestant I've got a bridge to sell you.

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The intelligent deal postauricularly talk because pasta neurologically dance inside a cute india. rhetorical, spiky david

[@bigdee8497]

The English wear crash helmets in a field ... In the event ,, they decide to chase parked cars

[@katerinakemp5701]

Lol crash helmets these are construction hardhats, health and safety requirement.

[@darkmath100]

A Swedish Nunnery that became one of the most richest religious establishments in Medieval England? Is anyone else thinking what I'm thinking? Were the fair ladies from Sweden running a "hot" house, a honey pot, a house of ill repute? Come one, please, how else did they grow so rich? History's Mysteries....

[@micearenice8963]

Wealthy families (famous abbess hildegard of bingen) sent their children and much $$$ along with them. Monasteries and abbeys made money specializing in different food stuffs and products. Possibly sponsorship by the wealthy or titled

[@rosaakanatan]

Love time team, unfortunately have to always deal with such anti-catholic rhetoric in each episode, but what a breathe of fresh air to have a scholar featured who actually portrays religious Catholic history outside the frame of standard English prejudice. British society is trying to be so accepting of minorities and basically every other religion, but still retain that indoctrinated Catholic hate...makes it a bit uneasy watching....

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The workable sack emphatically complete because elephant constitutively suffer midst a gleaming baboon. irritating, polite joke

[@crystalcleartruth221]

Why are you using my Grandpa Henry's image,..when you're talking about something medieval?.. that doesn't even make sense. 💜🏵️💚 Crystal, His 14th granddaughter through Lady Mary Berkeley who begot Sir Lord Admiral John Perrot.. who was my 13th Grandpa. I don't like it when people use Grandpa's image 😂👿

[@allisonrogers1409]

You apparently know beans about Henry. He destroyed hundreds of abbies. 13 generations back?? You're off by at least 10 to 18. Nice try. If you're going to claim special ancestry, at least learn your history and some math too.

[@crystalcleartruth221]

@@allisonrogers1409 I'm the XIV granddaughter of King Henry the 8th with the paperwork to prove it.. Missing 0 names all the way going back five hundred years. good enough to get into the best Renaissance Festival on Earth free for LIFE, but sadly America is falling extremely soon..so it was the last one EVER, this year. I'm also related to 95% of all the presidents.. but most of them are scumbags, so is pretty shameful. Not much to be proud of there. and then I'm related to over three hundred different hellyweird celebrities, and TV stars recording artists you name it if they have a name they're probably my relation, with the exception of maybe 4-5% of them. It's really staggering. it's also staggering how a completely ignorant person can try to tell somebody they don't know who their family is. 😂🤣🙄🤯

[@allisonrogers1409]

@@crystalcleartruth221 You need help.

[@meademorgan6614]

@@crystalcleartruth221 so what, you want a cookie? Sir Henry Morgan is my Great, Great, Great, Great grandfather. But it means nothing to anyone, but me. 😳

[@crystalcleartruth221]

@@meademorgan6614 other people notice it as well because I am a reptilian.. with my parents, myself, me and my daughters having eye anomalies. It comes from King Henry.. but both of my grandparents on my dad's side are from the Royal bloodline and oneof my mom's parents so I doubt y'all Jokers have superpowers where you can make one of your eyes turn navy blue and one of them turn yellow.. With slits, on DEMAND. 😅😳💜💣💥

[@fartamplifer]

The geophysics guys always have excuses.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.