Rosedale Abbey, Rosedale East Side, North Yorkshire
This is all that remains of Rosedale Abbey (Priory). It was a Nunnery founded by the Cistercians under the patronage of William of Rosedale, sometime before 1158. It was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536, when there were 8 nuns and the Prioress. The Priory Chapel survived the dissolution. Three centuries later it had fallen into disrepair. With the increased population in the dale, associated with the new development of local ironstone, it was found to be too small. It was rebuilt in 1839 as the Church of St Mary and St Laurence.
