In his definitive book on Yorkshire’s ruined abbeys the 19th century historian W. C. Leroy described Fountains as “the crown and the glory” of English monastic houses. However, but for a dispute ...

The discovery at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, has provided a "missing link" in the history of the Cistercian community that worshipped and worked there. Ground-penetrating radar revealed two large ...

This work comes from one of sixteen volumes of Royal Academy Annual Exhibition catalogues that were collected and extra-illustrated by the lawyer and antiquarian Edward Basil Jupp F.S.A. (1812 - 1877) ...

Multimillion-pound plans to improve a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire have been submitted. The £3.5m proposals for the Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal estate, near Ripon, would focus on ...

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our ... A striking landscape was created around the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey and Fountains Hall Castle, in Yorkshire. The ...

Helios, by acclaimed artist Luke Jerram, will be shown to the public at Fountains Abbey, in Ripon, later this year. The sculpture – named after the ancient Greek mythological god who personified the ...

Aled Jones is at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire the largest Monastic ruins in the UK, to investigate its hidden treasures, including some remarkable new evidence about the community of monks and lay ...

A giant sculpture inspired by the sun is to go on display at a ruined monastery in North Yorkshire ... well as Fountains Abbey, will be displayed at locations run by the charity in England ...

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The annual Boxing Day pilgrimage from Ripon Cathedral to Fountains Abbey attracted several hundred people who took part in the four-mile walk between the two major religious sites. With the sun ...