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Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is a Cistercian monastery first founded A.D. 1132. The Abbey was in operation until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, ordered by Henry VIII, after which the Abbey buildings and over 500 acres of land were sold, October 1, 1540, by the Crown to Sir Richard Gresham, the London merchant, father of the founder of the Royal Exchange.

History, 1132-1135 locationyork.co.uk 94
History, 1135-1203 locationyork.co.uk 81
History, 1203-1265 locationyork.co.uk 78
History, 1265-1436 locationyork.co.uk 75
History, 1436-1539 locationyork.co.uk 83
History - After the Dissolution locationyork.co.uk 73
Buildings, temporary, 1132-C.1138 locationyork.co.uk 78
Buildings, The First Stone monastery, 1138-c1150 locationyork.co.uk 72
Enlargement of the monastery, c1150-1203 locationyork.co.uk 66
Enlargement of the church, 1203-1247 locationyork.co.uk 70
Minor Alterations, 1247-1450 locationyork.co.uk 68
The last works, 1450-1526 locationyork.co.uk 74
Description locationyork.co.uk 76
Abbey Church, The Galilee porch locationyork.co.uk 77
Abbey Church, The Nave locationyork.co.uk 74
The Abbey Church, the Retro-Choir locationyork.co.uk 74
The Abbey Church, The Choir locationyork.co.uk 71
The Abbey Church, The South Transept locationyork.co.uk 76
The Abbey Church, The North Transept locationyork.co.uk 74
The Abbey Church, The Sacrist's office locationyork.co.uk 71
The abbey Church, The Presbytery locationyork.co.uk 70
The Abbey Church, The Tower locationyork.co.uk 75
Abbey Church, The Chapel of the Nine Altars locationyork.co.uk 74
The Cloister and its Buildings locationyork.co.uk 80
Cloister, the Passage locationyork.co.uk 68
Cloister, The Chapter House locationyork.co.uk 82
Cloister, The Parlour locationyork.co.uk 76
Cloister, The Dormitory Undercroft locationyork.co.uk 70
Cloister, The Dormitory locationyork.co.uk 66
Cloister, The Reredorter locationyork.co.uk 74
Cloister, The Day Stairs locationyork.co.uk 76
Cloister, The Warming House locationyork.co.uk 62
Cloister, TheWarming House Yard locationyork.co.uk 77
Cloister, The Muniment Room locationyork.co.uk 72
Cloister, The Laver locationyork.co.uk 70
Cloister, The Refectory locationyork.co.uk 70
Cloister, The Kitchen locationyork.co.uk 74
Cloister, The West Range locationyork.co.uk 60
Cloister, The Cellarium locationyork.co.uk 70
Cloister, The Outer Parlour locationyork.co.uk 65
Cloister, The Lay Brothers Rectory locationyork.co.uk 65
Cloister, The Cellarers office locationyork.co.uk 78
Cloister, The lay Brothers locationyork.co.uk 73
The Abbots house locationyork.co.uk 76
The Infirmary locationyork.co.uk 79
More of the Infirmary locationyork.co.uk 68
Infirmary, The Conduit and Misericord locationyork.co.uk 65
The Lay Brothers Infirmary locationyork.co.uk 65
The Guest Houses locationyork.co.uk 81
The Precinct and its Buildings locationyork.co.uk 75
 
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