These ruins in York’s Museum Gardens are all that remain of a monastic house which was among the wealthiest in England with ...

The Cistercian’s were very popular in Scotland ... only to be destroyed again in 1385 when Richard II of England once more set the abbey ablaze. On Robert the Bruce’s death, his heart was ...

The order’s future home in Staffordshire, England, is St. Mary’s Abbey at Colwich, a monastery rich in history. “Colwich Abbey was founded by Saint Thomas More’s great-great-granddaughter ...

The Yorkshire monastery Fountains Abbey was founded more than 890 years ago and is known as one of the largest and best preserved monasteries in England where ... of Netflix’s The Witcher.

It was to become second only to Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire as the most important Cistercian monastery in ... lead was being stripped from the Abbey's roof and the buildings were dismantled ...

Fountains Abbey is the UK's largest monastic ruin and a World Heritage Site. Founded in 1132, this majestic abbey attracts 300,000 visitors a year. When the first monks arrived at Fountains, it ...

Credit: Giles Conacher OSB/Pluscarden Abbey The monastery has endured many of history’s tribulations: destructive fire from enemies and consequences of wars that tore apart England, France ...

Two men were convicted Friday of cutting down Britain's beloved Sycamore Gap tree in 2023 ... an iconic natural landmark in the northeast of England, bringing immeasurable joy to those visiting ...