Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey

Photo: George Hodges · Public domain

Year

1132

Type

building

Fountains Abbey lies in the wooded valley of the river Skell west of Ripon as the ruined Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks who left St Mary's in York, with the Archbishop of York granting the valley site and the c …

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