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
Macosquin Abbey 17th century by a plantation of the London Guild of Merchant Taylors. While Agivey was granted to the Ironmongers’ Company of London. The last remains of the Abbey buildings were removed in the 18th century and the Protestant Church of Saint Mary probably occupies the Abbeys site and may have reused the foundations. Also a Lancet from the 13th century is installed in Saint Mary. Macosquin Abbey Macosquin Abbey formally known as "Clarus Fons "was a Cistercian Monastery in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. The Monastery was located on Abbey Lane, Macosquin, Northern Ireland. The abbey may