Abbeys & priories · North West England
Fors Abbey
Fors Abbey — ruined abbey in North Yorkshire, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Fors Abbey is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "ruined abbey in North Yorkshire, UK". Coordinates: 54.3128°, -2.1016°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Fors Abbey was an abbey in Low Abbotside, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1145 for the Savigniac order and converted to the Cistercian order in 1147. The land was granted to them in 1145 by Akarius Fitz Bardolf. The abbey was abandoned in 1156 when lands became available at Jervaulx further down the Ure valley. When the North Eastern Railway built its line through Askrigg in the 1870s, skeletons were unearthed near to the site of Fors Abbey and it was speculated that these were former residents of the abbey.
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- Coordinates
- 54.3128, -2.1016
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Parish
- Low Abbotside
- Postcode
- DL8 3BW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton
Sources
- wikidata: Q5470576 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fors Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fors Abbey?
- Fors Abbey is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode DL8 3BW), in the parish of Low Abbotside.
- Is Fors Abbey a protected site?
- Yes — Fors Abbey is part of the Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Fors Abbey?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL8 3BW. It sits within the Richmond and Northallerton parliamentary constituency.