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Rievaulx Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, Yorkshire, in the North Riding. Rievaulx Abbey was founded in 1132 by twelve monks from Clairvaux Abbey. Under the second abbot, Saint Aelred of Rievaulx, the abbey grew to some 140 monks and 500 lay brothers and to have five daughter houses in England and Scotland. At the Dissolution the confiscated monastic buildings were rendered uninhabitable and stripped of valuables. The abbeys ruins are in the care of English Heritage. The site is within the council area of North Yorkshire.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1175724.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: North Riding
Lat, Long: 54.257652,-1.116392
Grid Reference: SE 5766 8502
Civil Parish: Rievaulx CP
Council Area: North Yorkshire CA
Strategic Authority Area: York and North Yorkshire SA
Police Area: North Yorkshire PA
GBPN ID: 319177
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Rievaulx_Abbey,_Yorkshire_319177
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Historic England Grade I Listed 1175724.
Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: North Riding
Lat, Long: 54.257652,-1.116392
Grid Reference: SE 5766 8502
Civil Parish: Rievaulx CP
Council Area: North Yorkshire CA
Strategic Authority Area: York and North Yorkshire SA
Police Area: North Yorkshire PA
GBPN ID: 319177
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Rievaulx_Abbey,_Yorkshire_319177
Peruse Yorkshire on Wikishire