Old Byland No. 3 / Begeland / Bella Landa super Moram / Bellaund

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view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Byland Abbey. The view through the south portal, built some time in the early 13th century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 November 2016 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5209068] [accessed 12 September 2019]
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view of church interior - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 22329BYL
Church/Chapel: Abbey Church of Byland [in ruins]
Church Location: 65, Byland Abbey, York YO61 4BD, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A170, 3 km NE of Coxwold, 9-10 km ESE of Thirsk
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of York]
Historical Region: Hundred of Yarlestre
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Transitional / Early English
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As noted in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 4, 1974) entry for this abbey, its foundation went through five stages until finally settling near Coxwold, a place they called Bellalanda, in 1177, and at the time of the Dissolution in 1537 the abbot and twenty-three other monks were pensioned off, while "one other, John Harryson, received no money pension quia habet vicariam de Byland" [i.e., the monk who served as vicar in the parish church of Byland]. The entry for the ruins of the former abbey church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE5495378960] notes: "Abbey church and monastic buildings. Now ruinous. Late C12, early C13 and C15. Limestone ashlar and rubble. Substantial remains of church including west front standing almost to full height. Ruins of monastic buildings standing to height of approximately 5 metres in places."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.2031,
-1.1592
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 12′ 11.16″ N,
1° 9′ 33.12″ W
UTM: 30U 620069 6007684
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-09-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.