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Bolton Abbey (Priory), North Yorkshire

Bolton Abbey from the north east

 

Bolton Abbey from the north east

 

Bolton Abbey from the east

 

Bolton Abbey from the south

 

Bolton Abbey from the south east

 

Misalignment of walls

 

Different types of windows

 

Doorway and minor ruins

 

Wall decorations

 

The nave

 

Window detail

 

The nave from the north west

 

River Wharfe north of the abbey

 

Wall decoration

 

Ceiling in the church showing Yorkshire rose

 

Entrance to the church

 

North entrance to the church

 

Gargoyle

 

Church and graveyard

 

Windows on the south side

 

Fountains Abbey, Ripon

Eerily lit vaults

 

Nave

 

Abbey in silhouette

 

Abbey in silhouette

 

Tower

 

Tower interior

 

Nave

 

Early evening

 

Early evening

 

Kirkham Priory, North Yorkshire

Setting, close to River Derwent

Wide view of site and river

 

Bridge over River Derwent

 

Bridge over Derwent

 

Carving on original bridge stonework

 

Priory and River Derwent

 

Priory and River Derwent

 

View to remains across river

 

View to remains across weir

 

Picturesque setting

 

Proximity to water supply

 

Priory and River Derwent

 

13th Century Gatehouse

Cross plinth outside gatehouse

 

Gatehouse

 

Entrance

 

Entrance

 

Entrance

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse carving detail

 

Gatehouse wall

 

Gatehouse inner

 

Gatehouse rear

 

Other Remains

Wide view of wall remains

 

Foundations

 

Wall with scale

 

Perpendicular style window

 

Perpendicular style window

 

Wall

 

Wall 2

 

Vaulting

 

Vaulting

 

Small arch

 

Wall detail

 

Decoration inside arch

 

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds

Introduction sign

 

How to build an abbey

 

How to build an abbey

 

How to build an abbey

 

Economy of the abbey

 

Abbey precinct

 

The water supply

 

Monastic diet

 

The church in the Middle Ages

 

The Norman conquest

 

Cistercians

 

Cistercian expansion

 

Archaeology of Kirkstall Abbey

 

Kirkstall Abbey in the 21st Century

 

Colonel North

 

Site plan

 

Painting

 

Engravings

 

Engravings

 

North side

 

Arch detail

 

Arch detail

 

Arch detail

 

Nave

 

Nave

 

Tower

 

The guesthouse

 

Inside cloisters

 

West front and north wall

 

Archeological remains

 

Archeological remains

 

Archeological remains

 

Archeological remains

 

Archeological remains

 

Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland

Statue of Saint Aidan

 

Norman architecture

 

Norman architecture

 

Norman architecture

 

Norman architecture

 

Carved Celtic stone

 

Norman architecture

 

Norman architecture

 

Statue of Saint Cuthbert

 

Statue of Saint Cuthbert

 

The Priory from the cemetery

 

Rievaulx Abbey, Helmsley

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Nave

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey

 

Rievaulx Abbey