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Old Byland monastic grange is a medieval agricultural establishment located in Yorkshire, associated with the extensive landholdings of Byland Abbey. The site lies immediately west and north-west of Valley View Farm and represents the physical infrastructure through which the Cistercian monastery managed its rural economy during the later medieval period. Monastic granges of this type functioned as self-contained farming units, combining residential quarters for lay workers with storage facilities and agricultural buildings necessary for crop production and livestock management. The archaeological remains at this location document the material expression of monastic land exploitation, a characteristic feature of Cistercian expansion and economic organisation in northern England.
Old Byland monastic grange immediately to the west and north-west of Valley View Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1460058. View the official record →
Old Byland monastic grange is a medieval agricultural establishment located in Yorkshire, associated with the extensive landholdings of Byland Abbey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1460058.
Old Byland monastic grange immediately to the west and north-west of Valley View 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 1460058.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Byland Moor round cairns (4.2 km), Round barrow on Sproxton Moor, 410m north of Tom Smith's Cross (4.9 km), Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Old Byland monastic grange immediately to the west and north-west of Valley View 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.
Old Byland monastic grange immediately to the west and north-west of Valley View Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.