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Jervaulx Abbey

Jervaulx Abbey is a cathedral in the United Kingdom.

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Jervaulx Abbey is a cathedral in england yorkshire, United Kingdom — the principal church of its diocese, dating from 1101. Cathedrals are seats of bishops in the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and other Christian denominations across Britain.

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Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton in North Yorkshire, 14 mi (23 km) north-west of the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, England, dedicated to St Mary in 1156. It is a Grade I listed building. The place name Jervaulx is first attested in 1145, where it appears as Jorvalle. The name is French for 'the Ure valley' and is perhaps a translation of the English 'Ure-dale', also known as Yoredale. The valley is now called Wensleydale.

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Background

History

Initially a Savigniac foundation out of Normandy, the abbey was taken over by the Cistercian order from Burgundy and responsibility for it was taken by Byland Abbey. Founded in 1145 at Fors near Aysgarth, it was moved ten years later to a site a few miles away on the banks of the River Ure. In 1145, in the reign of King Stephen, Akarius Fitz Bardolph, Lord of Ravensworth, gave Peter de Quinciano, a monk from Savigny, land at Fors and Worton, in Wensleydale, to build a monastery of their order. The monastery was successively called the Abbey of Fors, Jervaulx and Charity. Grange, 5 mile west-north-west of Aysgarth, a hamlet in the township of Low Abbotside in the parish of Aysgarth, is the…

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Coordinates
54.2672, -1.7378
Address
East Witton, North Yorkshire, England
Established
1101
Official site
www.genuki.org.uk

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Jervaulx Abbey?
Jervaulx Abbey is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.2672°, -1.7378°.
When was Jervaulx Abbey built?
Jervaulx Abbey dates to 1101.
What denomination is Jervaulx Abbey?
Jervaulx Abbey is affiliated with Christianity.