Bolton Abbey
Bolton Abbey Estate in
The estate is open to visitors, and includes many miles of all-weather walking routes. The
Bolton Priory
The monastery was founded at
The
Building work was still going on at the abbey when the Dissolution of the Monasteries resulted in the termination of the priory in January 1540. The east end remains in ruins. A tower, begun in 1520, was left half-standing, and its base was later given a bell-turret and converted into an entrance porch. Most of the remaining church is in the
Bolton Abbey churchyard contains the war grave of a
Bolton Abbey Estate
In 1748
Today, the 33,000 acre (134 km2) estate contains six areas designated as
The
As well as Bolton Abbey, the
In the early nineteenth century, a cow known as the Craven Heifer was bred on the Bolton Abbey estate. Weighing 312 stones (1.98 tonnes), and measuring 11 ft 4ins in length and over 7 ft in height, she remains to this day Britain's largest ever cow.
The Priory Church
The Priory Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey, is an active Church of England church, serving the village and parish of Bolton Abbey, with a full calendar of liturgical events, and a full-time rector who lives in the adjacent Rectory. The current church is the surviving part of the otherwise ruined 12th-century Augustinian religious community originally known as Bolton. It is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, within the Bolton Abbey estate.
Bolton Abbey in culture
The views and setting of the priory's remains have been immortalised in painting and poetry.
Most notably a painting by Edwin Landseer and several watercolours by J. M. W. Turner one of which, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire (1809), is held at the British Museum.[10] The young
- In Anthony Trollope's Lady Anna (1874), an excursion is made to Wharfedale, and a dramatic incident takes place on the banks of the river that encircles the Abbey.
- Characters played by Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts picnic at Bolton Abbey in the 1963 film This Sporting Life.[14][15]
- In episode 6 of the BBC series The Trip, Bolton Abbey is visited.[16]
- A blurred photo of the Abbey is used for the cover of Faith by The Cure, an album from 1981, with the picture taken by Andy Vella.
- The 1985 music video for the Love and Rockets song "If There's A Heaven Above" was filmed at Bolton Abbey.
- The BBC Television series Gunpowder (2017) used Bolton Abbey as a location.[17]
See also
- List of monastic houses in North Yorkshire
- List of monastic houses in England
- List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches
- Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- Listed buildings in Bolton Abbey
Gallery
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Stained glass windows of the Priory Church
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Walker's view of Strid Wood
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The iconic stepping stones and Bolton Abbey
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The graveyard adjacent to the Priory
References
- ^ "Bolton Abbey – Priory Ruins".
- ^ Brabbs, Derry: "Abbeys & Monasteries", pages 82–83, Weildenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
- ^ "Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Bolton – British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ "Second Lieutenant William Sutton Smeeth – War Casualty Details – CWGC".
- ^ "Final farewells to hero Trueman". BBC News. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
- ISBN 9781241342692.
- ^ a b "Valley of Desolation & Simon's Seat". Bolton Abbey Estate. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Bolton Abbey Hall (1131774)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Gallery – Bolton Abbey Yorkshire by The British Museum Images stock photo and image search". British Museum Images.
- ^ Knights, David (11 February 2019). "New research into Brontes and Duke". Keighley News. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Alexander, Christine; Sellars, Jane (23 February 1995). The Art of the Brontës. Cambridge University Press. ASIN 0521438411.
- ^ "Rare Wordsworth Manuscript Secured By Wordsworth Trust – Culture24". www.culture24.org.uk.
- ISBN 9781907666353– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780230239500– via Google Books.
- ^ ""The Trip" The Angel at Hetton (TV Episode 2010)" – via www.imdb.com.
- Creative England. Archived from the originalon 4 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
External links
- Bolton Abbey Estate
- The Cavendish Pavilion
- The Priory Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert
- Photos of Bolton Abbey and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
- Chatsworth House
- Lismore Castle