Byland Abbey
Byland Abbey is a ruined abbey and a small village in Byland with Wass civil parish, in the county of North Yorkshire, England, in the North York Moors National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: monastery in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Byland Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management earthworks, enclosures, ancillary buildings and quarries”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Stapylton Arms and Stanbrook Abbey.
The Stapylton Arms
Restaurant
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stapylton Arms is a restaurant, which is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Byland Abbey.
Stanbrook Abbey
Monastery
Photo: Amanda Retreats, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stanbrook Abbey is a Catholic contemplative Benedictine Monastery with the status of an abbey, located at Wass, North Yorkshire, England. The community was founded in 1625 at Cambrai in Flanders, under the auspices of the English Benedictine Congregation. Stanbrook Abbey is situated 1 mile northeast of Byland Abbey.
Shandy Hall
Museum
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shandy Hall is a writer's house museum in the former home of the Rev. Laurence Sterne in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England. Sterne lived there from 1760 to 1768 as perpetual curate of Coxwold. Shandy Hall is situated 1½ miles southwest of Byland Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byland Abbey and Wass.
Wass
Village
Photo: colin grice, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wass is a village in the civil parish of Byland with Wass, in North Yorkshire, England, in the North York Moors National Park. A short distance from the village lie the ruins of Byland Abbey.
Coxwold
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coxwold is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, in the North York Moors National Park. It is 18 miles north of York and is where the Rev. Laurence Sterne wrote A Sentimental Journey.
Byland Abbey
- Categories: abbey, monastery ruins, Cistercian monastery, history museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Byland with Wass, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Serbo-Croatian—“Byland Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “半岛修道院”
- Dutch: “Byland Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Byland”
- French: “Abbaye de Byland”
- German: “Byland Abbey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Byland Abbey”
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