The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions (1815)
Storer, James, 1771-1853 · London, Published for the proprietors by Wm. Clarke... J. Murray... S. Bagster... J.M. Richardson... and Sherwood and Co. .. · leaf 125
d pleasant inthe appearance of this little village, and the scenery near it.There is a very beautiful spot, a little below the church, onthe left side of the road, and just above the field and lawnwhich joins Mr. Howes house. From the upper part of VOL. VI. f MOTTESTON CHURCH. Brook Down, is a… … FOUNTAINS ABBEY,YORKSHIRE. This celebrated Abbey, situated on the river Skell, aboutthree miles from Ripon, was for monks of the Cistercianorder; it may be conjectured to have taken the name ofFountains, from Fontaines in Burgundy, the birth-place ofSt. Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux : it owed its…
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