 Bath Abbey was founded in 1499 on the site of an 8th-century church.The original Anglo-Saxon church was pulled down after 1066, and a grand cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was begun on the site by John of Tours, Bishop of Bath and Wells, around 1090; however, only the ambulatory was complete when he died in December 1122.The half-finished cathedral was devastated by fire in 1137, but work continued until about 1156; the completed building was approximately long.