- Kirkstall Abbey The ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, the most complete set of Cistercian ruins in Britain, are situated in Kirkstall, to the north-west of Leeds city centre.
- Foundation at Barnoldswick. Anne was right that the abbey was founded in 1147, but the monks didn’t inhabit the land at Kirkstall until 1153.
- Kirkstall Abbey is a major historical site for the city of Leeds and held an important role in the city’s development from the High Middle Ages onwards.
- Founded in 1152, Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds is one of the most complete examples of a medieval Cistercian monastery in Britain.
- In November 1539 Kirkstall Abbey was closed, the monks were pensioned off, and the monastic estates sold into private ownership.
- Koninkrijk; Abadia de Kirkstall; Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock</nowiki>.
- Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds in West Yorkshire was home to medieval Cistercian monks and is one of the best preserved Cistercian abbeys in Britain.
- Now looming incongruously over the Leeds suburb of Kirkstall, the giant abbey ruins remain a picturesque window to Yorkshire’s past.
- Abbey Walk Kirkstall Leeds LS5 3EH United Kingdom. ... Over 860 years old, Kirkstall Abbey is one of Britain’s best preserved Cistercian abbeys.
- [Link https://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/kirkstallabbey Kirkstall Abbey] is one of Britain's most beautiful ruined abbeys.