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The Cistercians in Yorkshire
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Byland Abbey
Location
History
Foundation
Consolidation
Later Middle Ages
Dissolution
People
Buildings
Precinct
Church
Cloister
Sacristy
Library
Chapter House
Parlour
Day Room
Novices’ House
Warming House
Dormitory
Refectory
Kitchen
Lay Brothers’ Range
Abbot’s House
Infirmary
Guesthouse
Gatehouse
Lands
Tours
Fountains Abbey
Location
History
Origins
Sources
Foundation
Consolidation
Trials and Tribulations
Strength and Stability
End of Monastic Life
People
Buildings
Precinct
Church
Cloister
Sacristy
Library
Chapter House
Parlour
Dormitory
Warming House
Day Room
Refectory
Kitchen
Lay Brothers’ Range
Abbot’s House
Infirmary
Outer Court
Gatehouse
Guesthouse
Lands
Tours
Kirkstall Abbey
Location
History
Sources
Foundation
Consolidation
Rise and Fall
Dissolution
People
Buildings
Precinct
Church
Cloister
Sacristy
Library
Chapter House
Parlour
Day Room
Dormitory
Reredorters
Warming House
Refectory
Kitchen
Lay Brothers’ Range
Abbot’s Lodging
Infirmary
Guesthouse
Gatehouse
Lands
Tours
Rievaulx Abbey
Location
History
Sources
Foundation
Consolidation
Rise and Fall
Dissolution
People
Buildings
Precinct
Church
Cloister
Sacristy
Library
Chapter House
Parlour
Dormitory
Warming House
Day Room
Refectory
Kitchen
Lay Brothers’ Range
Novices’ quarters
Abbot’s Lodging
Infirmary
Guesthouse
Gatehouse
Roche Abbey
Location
People
Buildings
Precinct
Church
Cloister
Sacristy
Library
Chapter House
Parlour
Day Room
Dormitory
Reredorters
Warming House
Refectory
Kitchen
Lay Brothers’ Range
Abbot’s Lodging
Infirmary
Guesthouse
Gatehouse
Lands
Tours
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Who are the Cistercians?
Introduction
Cistercians in Britain
Expansion throughout Britain and Ireland
Cistercians in Yorkshire
Cistercians in a changing world
The Cistercians through medieval eyes
Dissolution of the monasteries
Dissolution in Yorkshire
Key Cistercian sources
Cistercian Life
Organisation
Who’s who in the abbey
Cistercian Spirituality
The Cistercian Church
Monastic Devotion
Vestments and Vessels
An essay on the Cistercian liturgy
Lay-Brothers
Lifestyle
Monastic Life
Clothing
Death and burial
Food and Drink
Manual labour
Sickness and Health
Hospitality
Charity
Women
Nuns and nunneries
Structure, community and order
The wider community
List of Cistercian nunneries
Visitors
Benefactors
Learning
The studium at Oxford
Environment
Farming
Grange farming
Sheep farming
Arable and pastoral land
Industry
Water
Fishing and fisheries
Water management
Woodland
Interactive media
Videos
Images
Community
Abbots
Monks
Images of Lay-Brothers
Daily Life
Work
Sources
Liturgical texts
Documents
Manuscripts
Objects
Cistercians through modern eyes
Daily Life of a Lay-Brother
Daily Life of a Monk
Tours
Kirkstall Abbey in Pictures
Fontenay Abbey Image Tour
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People
Aelred of Rievaulx
Alexander, first Abbot of Kirkstall
Baldwin of Ford
Bernard of Clairvaux
Denis of Roche
Durand of Roche
Henry Cundall
Henry Murdac
Henry Wilson
Hugh of Wadworth
John Dodsworth
John Robinson
Marmaduke Huby
Matilda of York, Countess of Cambridge
Maurice, abbot of Rievaulx
Osmund of Roche
Robert of Kesburgh
Robert of Roche
Roger of Tickhill
Simon de Montfort
Stephen of Stainton
Stephen Harding
Thomas Twell
Thomas Wells
Waldef (Waltheof), abbot of Melrose
Walter Espec
William FitzHerbert
Walter of Roche
William of Rievaulx
William of Roche
Abbeys A-Z
Abbeydorney
Abbeyknockmoy
Abbeyleix
Abbeylara
Abbeymahon
Abbeyshrule
Aberconwy
Abington
Assaroe
Balmerino
Baltinglass
Basingwerk
Beaulieu
Bective
Biddlesdon
Bindon
Bordesley
Boxley
Boyle
Bruern
Buckfast
Buckland
Buildwas
Byland Abbey
Calder
Chore (see Midleton)
Cleeve
Coggeshall
Combe
Comber
Combermere
Corcomroe
Coupar Angus
Croxden
Culross
Cwmhir
Cymer
Deer
Dieulacres
Dore
Dublin, St. Mary’s
Duiske
Dunbrody
Dundrennan
Dunkeswell
Erenagh
Fermoy
Flaxley
Forde (Ford)
Fountains Abbey
Furness
Garendon
Glanawydan
Glenluce
Grace Dieu
Graiguenamanagh (see Duiske)
Grey
Hailes
Holmcultram
Holycross
Hore
Hulton
Inch
Inislounaght
Jerpoint
Jervaulx
Kilbeggan
Kilcooly
Killenny
Kingswood
Kinloss
Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstead
Knockmoy (see Abbeyknockmoy)
Llantarnam
London St. Mary Graces
Louth Park
Lyse
Macosquin
Maigue (see Monasteranenagh)
Margam
Meaux
Medmenham
Mellifont
Melrose
Merevale
Midleton
Monasteranenagh
Monasterevin
Neath
Netley
Newbattle
Newenham
Newminster
Newry
Odorney (see Abbey Dorney)
Owney (see Abington)
Oxford, St. Bernard’s College
Pipewell
Poulton (see Dieulacres)
Quarr
Revesby
Rewley
Rievaulx Abbey
Robertsbridge
Rufford
Roche Abbey
St Mary Graces (see London, St Mary Graces)
Saddell
Sawley
Sawtry
Shrule (see Abbeyshrule)
Sibton
St Bernard’s College (see Oxford, St Bernard’s College )
Stanlaw (see Whalley )
Stanley
Stoneleigh
Strata Florida
Strata Marcella
Suir (see Inislounaght)
Stratford Langthorne
Sweetheart
Swineshead
Tilty
Thame
Tintern
Tintern Parva
Tracton
Vale Royal
Valle Crucis
Vaudey
Warden
Waverley
Whalley
Whitland
Wodburn
Glossary
Whitland east end Church from north west
Whitland east end Church from north west
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Stuart Harrison