• Byland Abbey is a ruined abbey and a small village in the former Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, in the North York Moors National Park.
  • Byland Abbey is the perfect place to stop on a family day out, or if you're walking or cycling in the North York Moors National Park.
  • Some time around the turn of the fifteenth century, a Cistercian monk of Byland Abbey took it upon himself to pen a series of ghost stories on the empty pages of...
  • Byland Abbey. ... By the late twelfth century Byland, Fountains and Rievaulx were described as 'the three shining lights of the North’ .
  • Byland Abbey was first established as a monastery of the Savigniac order, eventually becoming part of the better known Cistercian order in the mid-12th century.
  • Incidentally, the 12th century stone altar table from Byland Abbey church was donated to Ampleforth Abbey, where it can now be seen in St Benet's chapel.
  • Nestled amidst the North York Moors, this eight hundred-year-old abbey has defied the Dissolution and Time. ... Byland Abbey (18) - Amy Flint.JPG.
  • Byland Abbey is a ruined abbey and a small village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England at grid reference SE549790.
  • Byland Abbey, a stunning example of early Gothic architecture in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, is one of the most impressive monastic ruins in northern England.
  • Along with Rievaulx and Fountains Abbeys, Byland Abbey was once one of the greatest Cistercian monasteries in the north of England.