Byland Abbey & Monk Bretton Priory Photo Gallery by Jackdad at pbase.com

Byland Abbey & Monk Bretton Priory

A study in contrasts these two: ruins of two medieval monasteries, one in North Yorkshire in what is now an affluent and sparsely populated area of small villages, woodland and farms;
the other in a densely populated area of South Yorkshire beset by crime and poverty.
At Byland, the once magnificent church is the most intact part of the site; at the former Priory of St Mary Magdalene of Lund near Monk Bretton, only the floor plan of the church remains but the Prior's private apartments are fairly intact.
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Byland - west front	Byland Abbey	Byland Abbey nave
Byland - tessellated floor	Byland - steps into church from cloister	Byland Abbey church
Byland Abbey church	Byland - the chapter house	Byland - the refectory
Byland - kitchens	Byland	Byland
Byland	Byland	Byland
Byland	Byland	Byland
Byland	Monk Bretton - gatehouse	Monk Bretton - gatehouse
Monk Bretton - church	Monk Bretton - Prior's House	Monk Bretton - Prior's House
Monk Bretton - Prior's House and fireplace	Monk Bretton - Prior's House and fireplace	Monk Bretton - Prior's House
Monk Bretton - modern graffiti	Monk Bretton	Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton	Monk Bretton - Nave	Monk Bretton - Chapel with Burials
Monk Bretton - Chapter House	Monk Bretton	Monk Bretton - Infirmary area
Monk Bretton	Monk Bretton - kitchen and infirmary areas	Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton	Monk Bretton - Cloister	Monk Bretton - Church
Monk Bretton - Gatehouse