Rievaulx Abbey
One of the most complete and beautiful Cistercian abbeys in England, in a wooded valley near Helmsley.
The soaring east end of an Augustinian priory church rising above the market town of Guisborough.

The great east window of Gisborough Priory, 30 metres high, is one of the most dramatic monastic fragments in the north, standing at the end of the town's market street with the moors behind. The Bruce family, ancestors of Robert the Bruce, founded it in 1119. The grounds include a medieval dovecote and the Priory Gardens, and the town has a Thursday and Saturday market.
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