[6] The earthquake caused the destruction of the 11th-century timber Church of St Michael atop Glastonbury Tor.

[1][7] It is likely that other buildings across the country were destroyed, and the annals of Osney reported that people were killed in the earthquake—"domus et ecclesiae in diversis locis Angliae subvertebantur et homines interficiebantur" ("homes and churches in different areas of England [were] overthrow[n]; the people being killed").

[1] One account described how "a great earthquake happened in many kingdoms, and chiefly in England, and floods of water also about maritime towns".

[8] Similarly, Walter de Hemingburgh observed that "there was a general earthquake in London and in the kingdom of England, both in camps and towns, habitations and fields".

[11] This hypothesis is strengthened by the report of Thomas Wykes, who wrote that the shock was more intense on the south coast.