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Easby Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the twelfth century in North Yorkshire, situated in the valley of the River Swale near Richmond. The surviving remains comprise substantial stone buildings, including the chancel and tower of the abbey church, the canons' dormitory and refectory, and various ancillary structures arranged within a defined monastic precinct. The landscape around the abbey shows evidence of medieval management and adaptation to its riverside setting, including cultivation terraces and water-management features that supported both the community's sustenance and its industrial activities. The abbey remained in use until its dissolution in the sixteenth century, and the site preserves important physical evidence of Premonstratensian monastic life and organisation in medieval England.
Easby Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: monastic precinct, cultivation terraces, water-management features and ancillary buildings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013759. View the official record →
Easby Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the twelfth century in North Yorkshire, situated in the valley of the River Swale near Richmond. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013759.
Easby Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: monastic precinct, cultivation terraces, water-management features and ancillary buildings is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013759.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of the Scots Dyke linear boundary 250m south east of St Martin's Priory (0.7 km), Section of the Scots Dyke linear boundary 225m south of St Martin's Priory (0.9 km), Richmond Castle: eleventh to fourteenth century enclosure castle (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Easby Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: monastic precinct, cultivation terraces, water-management features and ancillary buildings's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Easby Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: monastic precinct, cultivation terraces, water-management features and ancillary buildings stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.