TheNew Minster inWinchester was a royalBenedictineabbey founded in 901 (1125 years ago) (901) inWinchester in theEnglish county ofHampshire.
Alfred the Great had intended to build themonastery, but only got around to buying the land. His son,Edward the Elder, finished the project according to Alfred's wishes, with the help of SaintGrimbald who became its firstabbot. It stood so close to theOld Minster that the voices of the two choirs merged with chaotic results. The body of King Alfred was transferred to the New Minster, Saint Grimbald joined him and it was also given the body of the BretonSaint Judoc (Saint Josse),[2] making it an importantpilgrimage centre. It became a Benedictine house in 963.
According toJohn of Worcester, in 972King Edgar "ordered the church of the New Minster, begun by his fatherKing Edmund, but completed by himself, to be solemnly dedicated". It is not known what parts of the church were rebuilt.[3]Queen Emma added the head ofSaint Valentine in 1041. With the building of the newcathedral at Winchester after theNorman Conquest of England, the monks of New Minster were obliged to move to Hyde Mead just outside the northerncity walls, thus founding theAbbey of Hyde.
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