History of Fountains Abbey founded over 890 years where The Secret Garden was filmed

Fountains Abbey: How monastic ruins are being preserved from climate change impact

Secrets of Historic Britain S01:E06 - Fountains Abbey

Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire. Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula featured Count Dracula as a creature resembling a large dog which came ashore at the headland and ran up the 199 steps to the graveyard of St Mary's Church in the shadow of the Whitby Abbey ruins. The Church of Saint Mary is an Anglican parish church serving the town of

The Yorkshire abbey which was one of the most magnificent Cistercian churches in Europe

Do you have plans for your free time? Plan a wander through history at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. Ruins, still water reflecting historic follies and statues and snowdrops starting to open. And of course, there’s tea and scones to cover other day out essentials. (Video description) close up of snowdrops blowing in the breeze with abbey ruins behind. © National Trust Images / Hannah James. | Yorkshire National Trust