Because it’s taken me nearly 10 months to post all my photographs from our trip to the Yorkshire Dales back in November 2021, I’ve brought them all together again in one gallery below. Yorkshire is blessed with some magnificent ruined abbey’s, so if you like that sort of thing then this post is definitely for you:
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There are a number of ruined abbeys in and around the Yorkshire Dales. I’ve already posted about Bolton Abbey, and I have a post on Fountains Abbey to come. Today though is the turn of Jervaulx Abbey.
Like many religious houses in England and Wales, the 12th Century Cistercian Abbey at Jervaulx was ravaged by Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monastries circa 1540.
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The 12th Century fortress of Barnard Castle sits above the River Tees in County Durham:
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Aysgarth Falls on the River Ure in Wensleydale is just one of many water falls in the Yorkshire Dales:
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Not as popular or well known as it’s more famous neighbour Wensleydale, Swaledale is no less beautiful:
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The 12th Century Augustinian Priory lies at the heart of the Bolton Abbey estate near Skipton on the Southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales:
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Arley Hall in Cheshire has been in the same family since the late 15th Century, although the current hall was built in the 1830’s/1840’s. Fans of the BBC drama “Peaky Blinders” may recognise the house as Tommy Shelby’s home from series three onwards.
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A few shots of a visit to Formby Point a few weeks ago, with it’s beautiful mix of beach, sand dunes and woodland:
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A few images from our recent visit to Attingham Park in Shropshire:
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A few shots of the old windmill and observatory that sit on top of Bidston Hill – Wirral’s highest point:
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