Bolton Abbey

Bolton Abbey Estate in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, takes its name from a 12th-century Augustinian monastery of canons regular, technically a priory, which was closed in the 1539 Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by King Henry VIII.

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Type: Historical site
Description: estate in Wharfedale in North Yorkshire, England
Also known as: “Abadia de bolton”, “Abadia de Bolton”, and “ボルトン修道院”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bolton Priory and The Tithe Barn.

Bolton Priory

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bolton Priory, whose full title is The Priory Church… Bolton Priory is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Bolton Abbey.

The Tithe Barn

Event venue

Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Tithe Barn is a historic building in the village of Bolton Abbey, in North Yorkshire in England. The Tithe Barn is situated 370 feet southeast of Bolton Abbey.

Priory Church of St Mary & St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey

Church

Priory Church of St Mary & St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey

Photo: Nthep, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Priory Church of St Mary & St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Bolton Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolton Bridge and Hazlewood with Storiths.

Bolton Bridge

Hamlet

Bolton Bridge is a hamlet in the civil parish…

Hazlewood with Storiths

Hamlet

Hazlewood with Storiths

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hazlewood with Storiths is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Beamsley

Hamlet

Beamsley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Bolton Abbey

Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Bolton Abbey, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.98146° or 53° 58′ 53″ north

Longitude

-1.89169° or 1° 53′ 30″ west

Elevation

384 feet (117 metres)

Open location code

9C5WX4J5+H8

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Bolton Abbey” goes by many names.

Chinese: “博爾頓修道院”
Dutch: “Bolton Abbey”
French: “abbaye de Bolton”
French: “Abbaye de Bolton”
German: “Bolton Abbey”
German: “Bolton Priory”
Irish: “Bolton Abbey”
Japanese: “ボルトン・アビー”
Spanish: “abadía de Bolton”
Spanish: “Abadía de Bolton”
Turkish: “Bolton Abbey”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bolton Abbey and Storiths.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Kex Beck and Barden Tower.

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