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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 576
History, 1135-1203 yorkguides.co.uk 512
History, 1203-1265 yorkguides.co.uk 593
History, 1265-1436 yorkguides.co.uk 544
History, 1436-1539 yorkguides.co.uk 617
History - After the Dissolution yorkguides.co.uk 561
Buildings, temporary, 1132-C.1138 yorkguides.co.uk 505
Buildings, The First Stone monastery, 1138-c1150 yorkguides.co.uk 491
Enlargement of the monastery, c1150-1203 yorkguides.co.uk 472
Enlargement of the church, 1203-1247 yorkguides.co.uk 489
Minor Alterations, 1247-1450 yorkguides.co.uk 446
The last works, 1450-1526 yorkguides.co.uk 472
Description yorkguides.co.uk 512
Abbey Church, The Galilee porch yorkguides.co.uk 760
Abbey Church, The Nave yorkguides.co.uk 576
The Abbey Church, the Retro-Choir yorkguides.co.uk 532
The Abbey Church, The Choir yorkguides.co.uk 500
The Abbey Church, The South Transept yorkguides.co.uk 523
The Abbey Church, The North Transept yorkguides.co.uk 533
The Abbey Church, The Sacrist's office yorkguides.co.uk 514
The abbey Church, The Presbytery yorkguides.co.uk 492
The Abbey Church, The Tower yorkguides.co.uk 535
Abbey Church, The Chapel of the Nine Altars yorkguides.co.uk 621
The Cloister and its Buildings yorkguides.co.uk 491
Cloister, the Passage yorkguides.co.uk 509
Cloister, The Chapter House yorkguides.co.uk 589
Cloister, The Parlour yorkguides.co.uk 501
Cloister, The Dormitory Undercroft yorkguides.co.uk 516
Cloister, The Dormitory yorkguides.co.uk 535
Cloister, The Reredorter yorkguides.co.uk 729
Cloister, The Day Stairs yorkguides.co.uk 538
Cloister, The Warming House yorkguides.co.uk 460
Cloister, TheWarming House Yard yorkguides.co.uk 508
Cloister, The Muniment Room yorkguides.co.uk 536
Cloister, The Laver yorkguides.co.uk 494
Cloister, The Refectory yorkguides.co.uk 491
Cloister, The Kitchen yorkguides.co.uk 499
Cloister, The West Range yorkguides.co.uk 463
Cloister, The Cellarium yorkguides.co.uk 542
Cloister, The Outer Parlour yorkguides.co.uk 522
Cloister, The Lay Brothers Rectory yorkguides.co.uk 538
Cloister, The Cellarers office yorkguides.co.uk 492
Cloister, The lay Brothers yorkguides.co.uk 587
The Abbots house yorkguides.co.uk 483
The Infirmary yorkguides.co.uk 558
More of the Infirmary yorkguides.co.uk 547
Infirmary, The Conduit and Misericord yorkguides.co.uk 541
The Lay Brothers Infirmary yorkguides.co.uk 503
The Guest Houses yorkguides.co.uk 504
The Precinct and its Buildings yorkguides.co.uk 500
 
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