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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 yorkguides.co.uk 386
History, 1135-1203 yorkguides.co.uk 345
History, 1203-1265 yorkguides.co.uk 397
History, 1265-1436 yorkguides.co.uk 347
History, 1436-1539 yorkguides.co.uk 378
History - After the Dissolution yorkguides.co.uk 342
Buildings, temporary, 1132-C.1138 yorkguides.co.uk 338
Buildings, The First Stone monastery, 1138-c1150 yorkguides.co.uk 321
Enlargement of the monastery, c1150-1203 yorkguides.co.uk 308
Enlargement of the church, 1203-1247 yorkguides.co.uk 322
Minor Alterations, 1247-1450 yorkguides.co.uk 303
The last works, 1450-1526 yorkguides.co.uk 316
Description yorkguides.co.uk 340
Abbey Church, The Galilee porch yorkguides.co.uk 471
Abbey Church, The Nave yorkguides.co.uk 350
The Abbey Church, the Retro-Choir yorkguides.co.uk 360
The Abbey Church, The Choir yorkguides.co.uk 318
The Abbey Church, The South Transept yorkguides.co.uk 335
The Abbey Church, The North Transept yorkguides.co.uk 353
The Abbey Church, The Sacrist's office yorkguides.co.uk 358
The abbey Church, The Presbytery yorkguides.co.uk 329
The Abbey Church, The Tower yorkguides.co.uk 323
Abbey Church, The Chapel of the Nine Altars yorkguides.co.uk 339
The Cloister and its Buildings yorkguides.co.uk 322
Cloister, the Passage yorkguides.co.uk 326
Cloister, The Chapter House yorkguides.co.uk 356
Cloister, The Parlour yorkguides.co.uk 338
Cloister, The Dormitory Undercroft yorkguides.co.uk 330
Cloister, The Dormitory yorkguides.co.uk 323
Cloister, The Reredorter yorkguides.co.uk 429
Cloister, The Day Stairs yorkguides.co.uk 353
Cloister, The Warming House yorkguides.co.uk 312
Cloister, TheWarming House Yard yorkguides.co.uk 349
Cloister, The Muniment Room yorkguides.co.uk 333
Cloister, The Laver yorkguides.co.uk 337
Cloister, The Refectory yorkguides.co.uk 329
Cloister, The Kitchen yorkguides.co.uk 326
Cloister, The West Range yorkguides.co.uk 302
Cloister, The Cellarium yorkguides.co.uk 354
Cloister, The Outer Parlour yorkguides.co.uk 350
Cloister, The Lay Brothers Rectory yorkguides.co.uk 364
Cloister, The Cellarers office yorkguides.co.uk 342
Cloister, The lay Brothers yorkguides.co.uk 360
The Abbots house yorkguides.co.uk 313
The Infirmary yorkguides.co.uk 332
More of the Infirmary yorkguides.co.uk 362
Infirmary, The Conduit and Misericord yorkguides.co.uk 332
The Lay Brothers Infirmary yorkguides.co.uk 331
The Guest Houses yorkguides.co.uk 366
The Precinct and its Buildings yorkguides.co.uk 335
 
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