Guisborough Priory (Guisborough)
United Kingdom /
England /
Marske-by-the-Sea /
Guisborough
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/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Marske-by-the-Sea
World / United Kingdom / England
ruins, monastery, augustinian
Remains of an Augustinian house founded in 1119 by an ancestor of Robert the Bruce. Little other than the groundplan/foundations remain, though the gable of the east end of the church still stands and is a striking and photogenic fragment.
The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII and his henchmen, but briefly refounded during the 'pigrimage of grace' -- a rebellion in the north of England against Henry's break with the Catholic Church. It may have been this rebellious act that ensured such a total ruination of the abbey buildings.
Currently in the care of English Heritage and open to the public.
See: www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=ConProperty...
The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII and his henchmen, but briefly refounded during the 'pigrimage of grace' -- a rebellion in the north of England against Henry's break with the Catholic Church. It may have been this rebellious act that ensured such a total ruination of the abbey buildings.
Currently in the care of English Heritage and open to the public.
See: www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=ConProperty...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guisborough_Priory
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°32'9"N 1°2'53"W
- Ampleforth College 37 km
- Welbeck Abbey grounds 141 km
- Newstead Abbey 162 km
- Combermere Abbey Estate 200 km
- Coombe Abbey Park and Hotel 237 km
- Site of Biddlesden Abbey 276 km
- Bruern Abbey 297 km
- Priory Park 371 km
- Forde Abbey 430 km
- Durrow Abbey 445 km
- Guisborough Wood 1.6 km
- New Marske Woods 4.2 km
- Lonsdale 5.3 km
- Skelton 5.5 km
- Avens Wood 8.6 km
- Castle Wood 8.9 km
- Skinningrove 10 km
- Fishpond Wood 13 km
- Roxby Woods 14 km
- Rosedale 21 km