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Jervaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, which developed into one of the major religious houses of northern England. The abbey was dissolved in 1537 during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, after which the site underwent considerable transformation, including the construction of a substantial post-Dissolution house and associated gardens that exploited the abbey's remains. During the Second World War, the site was adapted for military storage purposes, reflecting its later utility as an accessible inland location. The surviving ruins preserve evidence of the abbey's medieval plan and architectural character, whilst the layered sequence of occupation demonstrates the site's continued significance across five centuries following its religious abandonment.
Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020493. View the official record →
Jervaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, which developed into one of the major religious houses of northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020493.
Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures 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 1020493.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kilgram Bridge (2 km), Kilgram medieval monastic grange (2.1 km), Ulshaw Bridge (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures'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.
Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.