Gallery Page: Easby Abbey

This is a more long distance photo, showing Easby in its park-like setting (which is a pleasant feature of many English Abbeys).
Gatehouse at Easby, built around 1300.
Eleventh century lead-lined font in the Parish Church immediately adjacent to the Abbey, and within the Abbey precinct.
Wall paintings in St. Agatha's Parish Church, Easby.
Wall niches at St. Agatha's Parish Church, adorned with more paintings.
Painted aisle archways at St. Agatha's Parish Church, clearly a gothic remodelling.
Very informative information board showing the chronicle of St. Agatha's Parish Church, Easby. The parish church predated the Abbey founding by several centuries.
A narrative history of St. Agatha's Parish Church.
Frater wall, taken from the church yard of St. Agatha's Parish Church. The parish church is clearly VERY close to the Abbey!
Corners of the frater and the chapterhouse, again taken from the church yard.
South east outside wall of the guest quarters and reredorter.
Entrance to the buttery, from the kitchen.
Southeast end of the reredorter -- clearly subsidence has taken place!
This is the sign one meets upon entering the abbey precinct. Unfortunately it is the sum total of information available at this beautiful, inspiring spot!
Fireplace recess in the guest hall.
Corner of the guest hall, steps into the cloister area.
Steps in a passageway off the guest hall, perhaps leading to the Prior's solar.
Corridor behind the guest hall, leading to the guest quarters.
Undercroft.
Guest solar, window facing northwest.
Drainage tunnel under the reredorter.
Outside north west wall of guest solar and reredorter.
Looking across the cloister area from a viewing platform at the bottom of the nave of the Abbey Church.
Closeup of a stone floor support on the abbey wall.
Two stories are very evident on the remaining walls
Remains of the sub vault and the frater above, with its marvelous window. Note the pillars which would have supported the upper story flooring..
Remains of the tower housing a spiral staircase, next to the chapterhouse.
Sub vault withthe dorter above. Not pillar remains.
Another photo of the frater and chapterhouse viewed from across the cloister grounds, end of the nave.
South trancept of the Abbey Church
This is the north trancept of the Abbey Church, looking back toward the side chapel.
Remains of the infirmary chapel.
These are the recesses in the Presbytery wall, you can see
The gable and walls of the chapterhouse and frater.
The sacristy adjoinging the Presbytery, looking across to the south trancept.
Presbytery buttresses
Nice photo of a window silouetted against the sky.
Infirmary passage, with wooden beams ensuring continued wall integrity.
Wall in the vicinity of the infirmary area.
Outer side chapel wall, taken from the misericords.
South east chapterhouse wall, with the tower remains behind it.
Doorway in the chapterhouse area.
Looking towards the buttery from the east end of the frater.
Outer wall of the frater.
Buttery window, across the kitchen area.
This photo clearly shows the gradient from the frater buildings down towards the guest quarters.
One of several stone flags in the nave area of the Abbey Church.
The guest hall with fireplace to the right, and stairs in right distance leading up to cloister area.
View of the presbytery area from the nave, with stone flags in foreground.
Windows in south trancept.
Side chapel off nave.
South trancept and sacristy to the side.
Remains of spiral stairs in the tower.
Easby, aerial photo one.
Easby, aerial photo two.
Abbot's residence. Note serious fracture at left.
Easby as seen from the parkway approach path.
Sacristy.
Sacramentary for disposal of the sacred species.
Fireplace for heated calidarium.
St. Agatha's parish, immediately adjacent to the Abbey.
St. Agatha's Parish - entryway.
Easby Choir stalls in the Richmond town Church.
A front view of the choir stalls.
Choir stalls, another view.
Choir stall detail.
Choir stall detail.