Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site. After a dispute and riot in 1132 at
Wauthier-Braine Abbey Wauthier-Braine Abbey Wauthier-Braine Abbey () was a Cistercian nunnery situated at Wauthier-Braine in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The abbey was founded by three sisters, Beatrix, Oda and Ida, at the beginning of the 13th century. It was pillaged by French revolutionary troops in 1794 when the 24 nuns then resident were expelled. The abbey was subsequently suppressed. The property was sold off in 1797, after which the church was demolished. The conventual buildings were also gradually removed: the last of them disappeared shortly before World War II. All that remains of the abbey are some 18th-century brick cellars, of which the