Best of Yorkshire & the Humber
The 20 best abbeys & priories in Yorkshire & the Humber
Our curated top 20 abbeys & priories in Yorkshire & the Humber, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 57 abbeys & priories see the full abbeys & priories index for Yorkshire & the Humber.
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Thornton Abbey
Thornton Abbey was a medieval abbey located close to the small North Lincolnshire village of Thornton Curtis, near Ulceby, and directly south of Hull on the other side of the Humber estuary. Its ruins
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Meaux Abbey
Meaux Abbey (archaic, also referred to as Melsa) was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1151 by William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle (Count of Aumale), Earl of York and 4th Lord of Holderness, near Bever
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Whitby Abbey
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, Eng
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St Agatha's Church, Easby
St Agatha's Church is the parish church of Easby, a village near Richmond, North Yorkshire, in England. The church lies immediately south of Easby Abbey. It was probably built in the 1150s, from which
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Marrick Priory
Marrick Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, established between 1140 and 1160 by Roger de Aske. The parish Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Andrew and 400 acr
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Bolton Priory
Bolton Priory, whose full title is The Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey, is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in the village of Bolton Abbey, within the Yor
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Humberston Abbey
Humberston Abbey was an abbey in Humberston, Lincolnshire, England. The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Peter was founded in 1160 by William son of Ralf, son of Drogo, son of Hermer, as an a
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Coverham Abbey
Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at C
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St Mary's Abbey, York
Details YORK SE5952SE MUSEUM GARDENS 1112-1/12/778 St Mary's Abbey remains: Church 14/06/54 (Formerly Listed as: MUSEUM GARDENS Remains of St Mary's Abbey) GV I Formerly known as: Remains of St Mary's
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St Peters Convent, the main ranges around the courtyard
Details SE2918 HORBURY DOVECOTE LANE (south side) 9/8 St. Peter's Convent, the main ranges around the courtyard. GV II Convent buildings. 1862-4 and 1869-71 by Henry Woodyer; 1883 east range. Red bric
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Easby Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: monastic precinct, cultivation terraces, water-management features and ancillary buildi
Details The Premonstratensian Abbey of St Agatha at Easby is situated on the east bank of the River Swale south east of Richmond. The monument comprises the standing remains and inner precinct of the
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Rosedale Abbey
Rosedale Abbey is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Pickering, 8 miles south-east of Castleton and within Rosedale, part of the North York Moors
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Studley Royal Park
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of 800 acres (323 ha) and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a
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Beverley Minster
Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest pari
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Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire. It was founde
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Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx Abbey ( REE-voh) was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. It was one of the great abbeys in England until it was sei
