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This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/20 Early Photographic Print Collection: Humberside; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Goulding, Charles
Blind Arcade, Medieval Abbey, Medieval Chapter House