Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fountains Abbey

Fountains Abbey (1132), monastic ruin, in par. and 3 miles SW. of Ripon, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, within Studley Park; in W. vicinity of the abbey is the seat of Fountains Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "monastic ruin"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Ripon CP/AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Fountains Abbey

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