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Kirkstall Abbey was founded by Cistercian monks from Fountains Abbey and was financed by the landowner Sir Henry Lacy.
This splendid photograph shows Bisham Abbey overlooking a scenic stretch of the Thames.
The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district.
The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district.
From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.
The village square appears to be sited on the L-shaped outer court of the Abbey, where the barns, storehouses and workshops would once have stood.
The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district.
The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.
Of Eudo Dapifer's great abbey foundation in 1096, only the 15th-century gate- house and some of the precinct walls survive, the rest having been bombarded during the 1648 siege.
Cotherstone lies between Lartington and Romaldkirk, and was once a grange belonging to Egglestone Abbey.
Cotherstone lies between Lartington and Romaldkirk, and was once a grange belonging to Egglestone Abbey.
The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district.
It was all done in memory of Sir Joseph Banks, who lived in Revesby Abbey, named after the 12th-century abbey, a Cistercian foundation.
Plans for a new abbey at Prinknash were drawn up in the 1930s when the Benedictine order of monks outgrew the old grange on the hillside, but these were modified over the years; the present abbey is
The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.
It was all done in memory of Sir Joseph Banks, who lived in Revesby Abbey, named after the 12th-century abbey, a Cistercian foundation.
At Abbey Farm the remains of a Cistercian abbey are now part of a house and farmyard.
This wonderful view of the market cross and the High Street was possibly taken from Malmesbury Abbey.
Little of the abbey church remains, but other buildings around the cloister are better preserved.
The abbey church of St Peter and St Paul is all that remains of an Augustinian abbey built on the site in 1170.
