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Bolton Abbey

📍 Yorkshire, England

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About

Bolton Abbey Estate in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, takes its name from a 12th-century Augustinian monastery of canons regular, technically a priory, which was closed in the 1539 Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by King Henry VIII. It is in the Yorkshire Dales, next to the village of Bolton Abbey. The estate belongs to the Duke of Devonshire.

Founded in 1154 by Augustinian canons who relocated from Embsay. The priory flourished until the Dissolution in 1539. The nave survived as the local parish church and remains in use today. The ruins of the choir and transepts stand as romantic shells. Set in 30,000 acres of moorland owned by the Duke of Devonshire. Turner and Landseer painted the ruins. The nearby Strid is one of England's most dangerous stretches of water.