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GOD AND WAR » Abbeys & Priories Gallery

 

Byland Abbey, Yorkshire England - Photo by Susan Wallace

Byland Abbey
Cistercian
Yorkshire England

Culross Abbey, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Culross Abbey
Cistercian
Fife, Scotland

Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Dryburgh Abbey
Premonstatensian
Borders, Scotland


Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Dunfermline Abbey
Benedictine
Fife, Scotland

Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England - Photo by Susan Wallace

Fountains Abbey
Cistercian
Yorkshire, England

Furness Abbey, Cumbria, England - Photo by Susan Wallace

Furness Abbey
Cistercian
Cumbria, England


Inchmahome Priory, Perthshire, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Inchmahome Priory
Augustinian
Perthshire, Scotland

Jedburgh Abbey, Borders, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Jedburgh Abbey
Augustinian
Borders, Scotland

Lanercost Priory, Cumbria, England - Photo by Susan Wallace

Lanercost Priory
Augustinian
Cumbria, England


Melrose Abbey, Borders, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Melrose Abbey
Cistercian
Borders, Scotland

Reivaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England - Photo by Susan Wallace

Rievaulx Abbey
Cistercian
Yorkshire, England

Torphichen Preceptory, West Lothian, Scotland - Photo by Susan Wallace

Torphichen Preceptory
Knights Hospitaller
West Lothian, Scotland


Most of the abbeys and priories listed above are also featured in Travels in the UK, a travelogue by the Webmaster. A link to the corresponding gallery will appear at the bottom of each individual page within this section.

Credits: (Related Resources) Includes material from the Wikipedia articles "Monastery" and Architecture of cathedrals and great churches, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Photo credits: (Gallery) All photos, © 2000 mostly-medieval.com, (Related Resources) (1) St. Benedict delivering his Rule to St. Maurus and other monks of his order France, Monastery of St. Gilles, Nimes, 1129 {{PD-Art}}, Wikimedia Commons, (2) Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England, © 2000 mostly-medieval.com

Related Resources

St. Benedict delivering his Rule to St. Maurus and other monks of his order - France, Monastery of St. Gilles, Nimes, 1129 - Wikimedia Commons
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns ...Read more at Wikipedia.

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England - Photo by Susan Wallace
Cathedrals, as well as many abbey churches and basilicas, have certain complex structural forms that are found less often in parish churches. Read more at Wikipedia.