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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Almesbury

It was in a sanctuary at Almesbury that Queen Guenever took refuge, after her adulterous passion for Lancelot was revealed to the king (Arthur). Here she died; but her body was buried at Glastonbury.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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