2017

NZ0615 : Egglestone Abbey in the landscape

taken 7 years ago, near to Barnard Castle, County Durham, England

Egglestone Abbey in the landscape
Egglestone Abbey in the landscape
This is a panorama with the ruins of Egglestone Abbey at the centre. It is stitched from five images of 6000x4000, yielding a final image of 32871x3861, reduced here to suit the Geograph limits. The full size image is available on request. NZ0615 : Egglestone Abbey is one of the constituent parts of this composite

The river Tees is in between the viewpoint and the abbey
Egglestone Abbey

The Praemonstratensian Abbey of St John the Baptist was founded in 1190s, by the de Moulton family. It was a house of the "White Monks", who as Canons undertook preaching and pastoral work in the area within the Cistecian rule of austerity.

Never a wealthy house, the foundation suffered in various wars between the Scots and the English.

Finally dissolved in 1540, the North and East of the Cloister were used as a Manorial house by Robert Strelley. The site came into the hands of John Morritt of Rokeby Hall who lived there from 1770 until a new hall was built at Rokeby. Some parts of the East range were still used to house estate workers until the late 1800s. The Morrit family passed the ruins to the state in 1925.

There is a lengthy description, and a list of the Abbots, in the Victoria County History for York. See LinkExternal link

The site is a scheduled ancient monument (LinkExternal link ) and a grade I listed building (LinkExternal link ). The ruins are under the control of English Heritage (LinkExternal link ). There is no charge for admittance.

River Tees

The River Tees is a major river in Northern England. It rises in the Pennines on Cross Fell and flows 85 miles eastwards to its mouth at Redcar.
Wikipedia: LinkExternal link


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NZ0615, 174 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bob Harvey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 September, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 14 January, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 062 151 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:31.8793N 1:54.3331W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 064 153
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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