The back of the print is stamped 'Copyright ENA' and 'Photograph by Will F. Taylor 32, Great Queen St. London, W.C.2.'.
Thornton Abbey was an Augustinian house founded as a priory by William Le Gros around 1139. It was raised to an abbey in 1148 and, after the Reformation, became a college of secular priests and a school. The school was suppressed by Edward VI in 1547 and was demolished after 1602.
The ruins of the chapter house, built c1282-1308, are located to the south-east of the south transept of the abbey church.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
The photograph was accessioned by the National Monuments Record on 21st August 1968.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/20 Early Photographic Print Collection: Humberside; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
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Photographer: Clayton, B
Blind Arcade, Medieval Abbey, Medieval Chapter House, Derelict Or Ruin