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Britain - Photo and History Pages

NORTHERN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND

 

English Kings and Queens from 802 AD to the present

 

OTHER BRITISH PHOTO AND HISTORY PAGES

MAGNA CARTA

SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WEST BRITAIN

WALES, CENTRAL ENGLAND AND EAST ANGLIA

MAPS SHOWING LOCATIONS OF CATHEDRALS AND ABBEYS IN ENGLAND

 

 

 

 

The map (left) comes from this book

 

other maps of English Churches and Abbeys

 

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More Books about Cathedrals, Abbeys, Priories and Churches in the UK

 

Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s

and the 24 medieval cathedrals which emerged after this

Waltham Abbey - the last English Abbey, closed by Henry VIII in 1540

EASTISH

Melrose Abbey - Cistercian Scottish Border Abbey founded by King David (1146)

Jedburgh Abbey (Scottish Borders)

 

Dryburgh Abbey (Scottish Borders) Kelso Abbey (Scottish Borders)

 

 

Flodden Field - the Battle of Flodden (1513) - "the last medieval battle" - James IV of Scotland (who was killed) v Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (later Duke of Norfolk) on behalf of Henry VIII.

The army of Scotland (with pikes) is decisively beaten, losing thousands of men by comparison with 1 to 2 thousand on the English side (using bills).

 

 

 

Bamburgh Castle - one of the great Northumbrian coastal castles, and the base for Ida, the first Anglo Saxon King in 547AD.

 

England's North East

 

 

 

 

 

 

Durham Cathedral - Romanesque masterwork complete with medieval monastic buildings.

 

Lindisfarne Priory (Northumbria) - where most of the great northern saints came from.

 

 

Walmgate Bar, York

 

 

York Minster - England's largest medieval church and most interesting chapter house (when they condescend to turn on the lights).

 

 

York

 

Bubwith

 

 

Selby Abbey

 

 

 

Piggy the bagpiper entertains the piglets in Ripon Cathedral

 

 

The Cistercians in Britain

 

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 Rievaulx Abbey - First Cistercian Abbey in Yorkshire (1131)

 

 

Fountains Abbey - Second Cistercian Abbey in Yorkshire (1132)

 

 

Byland Abbey - Another large Cistercian Abbey in Yorkshire

 

EAST YORKSHIRE

 

Whitby Abbey

 

Whitby Abbey

 

 

Scarborough

 

 

 

 

Scarborough

 

Bridlington - Priory Church of St Mary

 

 

 

 

Map of East Yorkshire

 

Map of East Yor5kshire - and here's how to contact Grange Farm cottages

 

 

Lastingham

 

 

Still to be visited for font viewing

 

St Mary, Kirkburn (E Yorks)

St Mary, Cowlam (E Yorks)

St Lawrence, Thornton Curtis (Lincs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Mary, Beverley

 

 

Beverley Minster

 

 

Also visited and photographed   -   Mount Grace (Carthusian).

 
WESTISH

 

 

The amazing "mint condition" stone font (mid-1100s) in Saint Bridget's Church, Kirkbride.

 

 

The Bewcastle Cross (shaft) (600s) - the oldest around

 

Saint Bridget's Church, Kirkbride (near Carlisle)

Saint Cuthbert, Bewcastle (near Carlisle)
 

Foot warming in February - choir capital - Carlisle Cathedral

 

 

 

Carlisle Cathedral

Lanercost Priory

 

 

Barnard Castle & Egglestone Abbey Hexham Abbey
 

 

 

 

Bolton Abbey (West Yorkshire Dales) Adel - St John the Baptist church

 

 

Books about Cathedrals, Abbeys, Priories and Churches in the UK

 

 

East Anglia, Central England & Wales           Southern England & the West

 

The Cistercians in Britain

 

 

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