Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1132 under the direction of Thurstan, archbishop of York, and over the next four centuries became one of the wealthiest monasteries in England thanks to its large and diverse landholdings.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ruined Cistercian abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fountains Cistercian Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Studley Royal Park and Fountains Hall.
Studley Royal Park
Garden
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Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of 800 acres and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St Mary's church, designed by William Burges. Studley Royal Park is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Fountains Abbey.
Fountains Hall
Manor estate
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Fountains Hall is a country house near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England, located within the World Heritage Site at Studley Royal Park which include the ruins of Fountains Abbey. It belongs to the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building. Fountains Hall is situated 1,000 feet west of Fountains Abbey.
Banqueting House Approximately 100 Metres To West Of The Canal
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Banqueting House Approximately 100 Metres To West Of The Canal is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Fountains Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ingerthorpe and Risplith.
Ingerthorpe
Hamlet
Ingerthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish about 7 miles from Harrogate, now in the parish of Markington with Wallerthwaite, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Ingerthorpe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fountains Abbey.
Risplith
Hamlet
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Risplith is a village in the civil parish of Sawley, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 4 miles west of Ripon on the B6265 road to Pateley Bridge. Risplith is situated 2 miles west of Fountains Abbey.
Markington
Hamlet
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Markington is a village in the English county of North Yorkshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 629. Nearby settlements include the city of Ripon, the town of Harrogate, the village of South Stainley and the hamlet of Ingerthorpe. Markington is situated 2 miles south of Fountains Abbey.
Fountains Abbey
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fountains Abbey” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير النوافير”
- Basque: “Fountains abadia”
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Фаунтейнс”
- Bulgarian: “Фаунтейнс”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Fountains”
- Catalan: “Fountains”
- Cebuano: “Fountains Abbey”
- Chinese: “噴泉修道院”
- Chinese: “方廷斯修道院”
- Chinese: “方廷斯隐修院”
- Croatian: “Opatija Fountains”
- Czech: “Klášter Fountains”
- Dutch: “Fountains Abbey”
- Finnish: “Fountains Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Fountains”
- French: “Abbaye de Fountains”
- Georgian: “ფაუნტინის სააბატო”
- German: “Fountains Abbey”
- Hebrew: “מנזר פאונטיינז”
- Hungarian: “Fountains-apátság”
- Irish: “Fountains Abbey”
- Italian: “abbazia di Fountains”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Fountains”
- Japanese: “ファウンテンズ修道院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fountains Abbey”
- Norwegian: “Fountains Abbey”
- Polish: “Fountains Abbey”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Fountains”
- Romanian: “Fountains Abbey”
- Russian: “Фаунтинское аббатство”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fountains Abbey”
- Slovak: “Kláštor Fountains”
- Spanish: “abadia de Fountains”
- Spanish: “abadía de Fountains”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Fountains”
- Swedish: “Fountains Abbey”
- Thai: “ฟาวน์ทินส์แอบบีย์”
- Turkish: “Fountains Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Фаунтинське абатство”
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