Kirkstall Abbey - Kirkstall Abbey Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in the outskirts of Leeds in Yorkshire, set in grounds on the north bank of the River Aire. It was originally founded c. 1152 and was over seventy five years in construction. It was closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the auspices of Henry VIII. The ruins have been painted by artists such as J.M.W. Turner. The English Cistercian houses, of which there are such extensive and beautiful remains at Fountains, Rievaulx, Kirkstall, Tintern, Netley, etc., were mainly arranged after the same plan, with slight local variations. As an example, below is the groundplan of Kirkstall Abbey, one of the best preserved. The church here is of the Cistercian type, with a short chancel of.
Kirkstall - Kirkstall Kirkstall is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Leeds and on the River Aire. In the 12th century Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey, a daughter house of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The Abbey House Museum tells the story of the community and the town..
Abbey - surrounded by sleeping-apartments. Each is provided with its own brewhouse and bakehouse, and that for travellers of a superior order has a kitchen and storeroom, with bedrooms for their servants and stables for their horses. There is also an "hospitium" for strange monks, abutting on the north wall of the church (Y). Beyond the cloister, at the extreme verge of the convent area to the south, stands the "factory" (Z), containing workshops for shoemakers, saddlers (or shoemakers, sellarii), cutlers and grinders, trencher-makers, tanners, curriers, fullers, smiths and goldsmiths, with their dwellings in the rear. On this side we also find the farm buildings, the large granary and threshing-floor (a), mills (c), malthouse (d). Facing the west are the stables (e), ox-sheds (f), goatstables (gl, piggeries (h), sheep-folds (i), together with the.
Abbeys and priories in England - Mary's Abbey, York Oxfordshire Abingdon Abbey Dorchester Abbey Shropshire Buildwas Abbey Wenlock Priory Somerset Bath Abbey South Yorkshire Roche Abbey (Cistercian) Staffordshire Croxden Abbey Suffolk Lavenham Priory St. Olaves Priory Tyne and Wear Tynemouth Priory West Sussex Boxgrove Priory (Benedictine) West Yorkshire Kirklees Priory Kirkstall Abbey, (Cistercian) Nostell Priory Pontefract Priory Wiltshire Lacock Abbey Malmesbury Abbey Worcestershire Pershore Abbey (Benedictine).
Armley - than a mile from Leeds city centre. It is between the M621 motorway and Kirkstall Road, stretching from roughly the New Wortley roundabout (aka Armley Gyratory) to around the start of the Stanningley by-pass/Cockshott Lane where it merges into Bramley. Armley is a predominantly and historically working class area, including many rows of back-to-back terrace houses. It is traditionally a strong Labour area, although current Labour policies, voter apathy and the creeping gentrification from Headingley (via Burley) is being to erode the landslide-style victories of yesteryear. Armley Town Street includes a couple of high street names and charity shops as well as independent retailers typically of a suburban high street. There is especially good coverage of food retailers, plus excellent bus links into Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield. Other features of.
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Leeds - Armley, Barwick in Elmet, Beeston, Boston Spa, Bramham, Bramhope, Bramley, Burley, Chapel Allerton, Chapel Town, Cookridge, Garforth, Gildersome, Guiseley, Halton, Harehills, Headingley, Horsforth, Hunslet, Kippax, Kirkstall, Methley, Middleton, Morley, Moortown, Otley, Oulton, Pudsey, Rawdon, Rothwell, Rounday, Scarcroft, Scott Hall, Seacroft, Shadwell, Swillington, Wetherby, Wortley and Yeadon. It is the home of the Royal Armouries Museum North (the main museum is at the Tower of London). Leeds has two universities, the University of Leeds, with around 28,000 students and Leeds Metropolitan University with around 26,000 (according to UCAS; the LMU website claims 37,000) as well as various higher education colleges, giving it one of the largest student populations in the country. The main campuses of both universities are near the city centre. An inhabitant of Leeds is locally known as a Loiner..
List of famous archaeological sites - Avebury Bignor Caerleon Castell Henllys Dan Y Coed Danebury Duggleby Howe Eildon Hill North Fishbourne Flag Fen Gough's Cave Grime's Graves Hen Domen Ironbridge Jorvik Kirkstall Abbey Little Woodbury Maes Howe Mine Howe Mother Grundy's Parlour Normanton Down Paviland Cave Pixie's Hole Quanterness Ring of Brogar Seahenge Silbury Hill Silchester Skara Brae Star Carr Stonehenge Trelech Trimontium Ulva Cave Vindolanda Windmill Hill Woodhenge Wroxeter Yeavering Uzbekistan Samarkand Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe.
