te was Stocking, and here themonks remained thirty years and built themselves asmall stone church and cloister.* At last, on the eveof the festival of All Saints, in the year 1177, the finalmove was made to the place which, in memory of their * It is clear, however, that the monastery at Old Byland… … By/and. 15 first settlement on the banks of the Rie, they calledBellalanda or Byland. The former, it may be re-marked, is just one of those translations from work-a-day Saxon into devout dog-Latin in which the monksdelighted. From the date of this final settlement to thatof the surrender of the…
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