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Easby Abbey, England
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This is Easby, an impressive site with many ruins in relatively good shape. It is a popular picnicing place for families from the area. |
This is a more long distance photo, showing Easby in its park-like setting (which is a pleasant feature of many English Abbeys). |
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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. |