Jervaulx Abbey / Jerovall / Jorevall / Jorvalle
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Scene Description: probably from the earlier time of the abbey, mid- to late-12thC?
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22332JER
Church/Chapel: Cistercian Abbey Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Jervaulx, Ripon HG4 4PH, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A6108, on the S bank of the Ure river, 3 km E of East Witton, about 8-9 km WSW of Bedale
Historical Region: Richmondshire
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
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The entry for this abbey in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes that the original house "of wood was built in 1145", but this was in Fors, near Aysgarth, a place sixteen miles north of the final settlement, where, eventually, "the construction of the new abbey at Witton began" in 1156; "In 1268 [...] John, Duke of Britanny and Earl of Richmond, confirmed to the monks their abbey of Jervaulx, built in honour of the BIessed Mary [...] As a Cistercian house it was exempt from archiepiscopal visitation [...] The last abbot, Adam Sedbergh, joined the Pilgrimage of Grace, and suffered death by hanging at Tyburn in June 1537, [...]) when the-monastic property was forfeited to the king." The entry for the ruins of the abbey in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE1718385742] notes: "Ruins of Cistercian house moved to this site in 1156.Early English.Sandstone ashlar. Church of nave,transepts and choir,with cloister on south side of nave,flanked by chapter house to east,kitchen and dorter to south.Footings of church stand up to about one metre high,showing an aisled nave,transepts with eastern aisles and short choir with lady chapel".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.266944,
-1.738056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 16′ 1″ N,
1° 44′ 17″ W
UTM: 30U 582188 6013957
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-09-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.