Guisborough, Priory From The Gardens c.1885
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18153
More about this scene
In Victorian times the priory was often incorrectly referred to as 'the abbey', and this led to considerable confusion. Many souvenirs and postcards of the late 19th and early 20th centuries bear the legend 'the abbey'. This unusual view shows the priory arch from the south; in the foreground are gardens which became a formal rose garden laid out for Margaret, later the first Lady Gisborough (see photograph 54863). The clump of trees to the right of the picture are the Monks' Walk, and above the paling fence is the wall of the Long Terrace. A flight of steps from this terrace led up to the priory ruins and was flanked by two carved demi-sea wolves, the crest of the Chaloner family. Gisborians mistakenly thought that these creatures were dragons, and hence the steps became known as the Dragon Steps.
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