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Newlass Cistercian monastic grange is a rural agricultural settlement associated with monastic landholding in the medieval Yorkshire landscape. The site, located adjacent to New Leys Farm, represents the economic infrastructure of Cistercian monasticism, whereby outlying granges served as centres for agricultural production and animal husbandry to support the mother house. Dating to the medieval period, the grange exemplifies the systematic expansion of monastic estates across northern England during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The physical remains evidence the settlement pattern typical of such establishments, with structures arranged to facilitate both domestic occupation and the processing of agricultural surplus.
Newlass Cistercian monastic grange adjacent to New Leys Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019343. View the official record →
Newlass Cistercian monastic grange is a rural agricultural settlement associated with monastic landholding in the medieval Yorkshire landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019343.
Newlass Cistercian monastic grange adjacent to New Leys Farm 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 1019343.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 710m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the southernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation (4.7 km), Round barrow on Scawton Moor, 700m ENE of High Lodge (4.9 km), Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Newlass Cistercian monastic grange adjacent to New Leys Farm'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.
Newlass Cistercian monastic grange adjacent to New Leys Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.