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Fountains Abbey - a Cistercian Monastery |
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Fountains Abbey was founded in 1132 when a group of breakaway monks from St Mary’s Abbey, York, were granted land for a new monastery on the River Skell a few miles west of Ripon, North Yorkshire. |
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‘Fountains Abbey - a Cistercian Monastery’ is a guide to Fountains Abbey and Studley Park, first published 1983 and fully revised and updated 2002. It is written in non-technical language (suitable for young people) and comprises |
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* descriptions of the abbey buildings and what they were used for; |
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* a tour of the abbey grounds and Studley Park, including Fountains Hall, the church of St Mary the Virgin, the pleasure gardens and deer park, the Seven Bridges walk and the visitor centre; |
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* a history of the abbey and the Cistercian order in five short chapters; |
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* notes on architectural styles, a monk’s timetable, the Rule of St Benedict and present-day Cistercians. |
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The text is accompanied by twenty-three photographs and numerous drawings including a plan of the abbey and a map of the grounds and park. |
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A5 size (210 x 148 mm). 48 pages. Laminated card covers. |
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ISBN 978-1-872686-31-8. Price £2.25 |
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A separate QUIZ SHEET containing four short quizzes is also available (SCHOOLS receive one copy of the quiz sheet free with each copy of the book ordered). |
