Location

Adapted from Shepherd, Plate 97
Pink - controlled directly by the Archbishop of York

Plans and Drawings
Dehio, Plate 193 Floorplan Screen-sized Image Large "archive image"
East End Dehio, Plate 430 Screen-sized Image	Adapted From Bond,  English Church Architecture, p 13 South Transept Screen sized image /  Large "archive image"	Elevation Dehio,Plate 430 Screen-sized Image Large "archive image"

• Cistercian Order
• Founded ca 1131-2 by monks sent out from Clairvaux by Bernard of Clairvaux
• Original patron was Baron Walter Espec
• Presbytery and Choir rebuilt, on a much more lavish scale, in the early 13th century
• Nave destroyed- only crossing and east end remain

Crossing Arch
Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 North Side Screen-sized Image	Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 South Side Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image
Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 From West Screen-sized Image	Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 From East Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Sides of Choir
Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 North Side Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image	Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 South Side Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961
South Side of Choir
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

East End
Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 East End Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image	Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1961 East end from South Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1976
South Side of Clositer and
Doorway to refectory
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

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