A walk around Rievaulx Terrace
Take a walk around Rievaulx Terrace with us. With views down to Rievaulx Abbey and different things to see each season, it's the ideal place to relax and have a wander with friends and family.
Rievaulx Terrace, Yorkshire
We have never been to Rievaulx Terrace National Trust so decided to pay it a visit on our way to see Rievaulx Abbey. Lovely views looking down from the terrace to Rievaulx Abbey. Suitable for Children and Family viewing
Rievaulx Abbey & Rievaulx Terrace (2018)
Join us as we visit the spectacular Rievaulx Abbey and Rievaulx Terrace located just outside Helmsley in North Yorkshire. Rievaulx Abbey is operated by English heritage and the terrace by the national Trust. Both are very affordable, see our video for details :)
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Angevin - Thatched Villagers: Kevin MacLeod
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A Tour of Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire
Escape to the tranquil valley of the North York Moors and discover the impressive ruins of one of England's most powerful Cistercian monasteries.
Our new visitor experience shines a light on Rievaulx Abbey's fascinating past and the lives of the monks who called Rievaulx Abbey their home. Explore our elegant museum displaying previously unseen artefacts which tell the story of the rise and dramatic fall of the first Cistercian abbey in the North of England.
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Rievaulx Abbey. Yorkshire
After visiting Rievaulx Terrace last August we went to Rievaulx Abbey, which is just next door. It has been many years since we first came here and quite a number since we last visited. Such a lot to see and so well looked after by English Heritage. Not to be missed if you come to Yorkshire. The hauntingly beautiful music is Pavane and was composed by Gabriel Faure, which I took from my PowerDirector application. Suitable for Children and Family viewing
Rievaulx Abbey Labyrinth
Levi romps through the labyrinth (based on one inside Chartres Cathedral) at Rievaulx Abbey in the North York Moors National Park.
Rievaulx Abbey Tour Part One
...sorry for how jerky the camera is, it was actually quite windy LOL
Rievaulx Abbey: Conservation Behind the Scenes
Visit Rievaulx Abbey:
From the end May 2016 a new visitor experience launches at Rievaulx Abbey, bringing to life the rich past of this powerful medieval monastery.
Take a look behind the scenes at the conservation work being carried out on the historic objects which will soon be displayed in our new museum. Discover the tools of the trade and methods used to reveal the detail of these objects, helping us to tell the story of Rievaulx Abbey.
The conservation work has been enabled thanks to generous donations from the public.
North York Moors National Park: Rievaulx Abbey
I walk around Rievaulx Abbey in North York Moors National Park a Cistercian abbey dating back 900 years.
The abbey is extremely open, allowing you to explore it's many parts and get an idea of what life was like back then. The abbey was disolved by King Henry VIII and partially dismantled, but many of the walls and arches are in great shape.
A walk around: Rievaulx Abbey
A short music video from my walk around the stunning Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire. The original wooden Abbey was founded in 1131 by Walter Espec, lord of Helmsley but in 1135 construction began on the impressive stone structure which can still be partially seen today. Like may English Abbey's Rievaulx was destroyed by King Henry VIII during the English Reformation. What stands today is an absolutely stunning reminder of the what was once one of Englands largest Abbeys. The whole video was shot using the iPhone 7 Plus and Filmic Pro.
Sound track 'Immersed' from:
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
RIEVAULX ABBEY -THE DEEPEST DARKEST GOTHS OF WHITBY
Rievaulx Abbey was founded in 1132 by twelve monks from Clairvaux Abbey as a mission for the colonisation of the north of England and Scotland. It was the first Cistercian abbey in the north. With time it became one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, second only to Fountains Abbey in fame.[citation needed]
Its remote location was ideal for the Cistercians, whose desire was to follow a strict life of prayer and self-sufficiency with little contact with the outside world. The patron, Walter Espec, settled another Cistercian community, founding Wardon Abbey in Bedfordshire on unprofitable wasteland on one of his inherited estates.
Order Cistercian
Established 1132
Disestablished 1538
Mother house Clairvaux Abbey
Diocese Diocese of York
The abbey lies in a wooded dale by the River Rye, sheltered by hills. The monks diverted part of the river several yards to the west in order to have enough flat land to build on. They altered the river's course twice more during the 12th century. The old course is visible in the abbey's grounds. This is an illustration of the technical ingenuity of the monks, who over time built up a profitable business mining lead and iron, rearing sheep and selling wool to buyers from all over Europe. Rievaulx Abbey became one of the greatest and wealthiest in England, with 140 monks and many more lay brothers. It received grants of land totalling 6,000 acres (24 km²) and established daughter houses in England and Scotland.
By the end of the 13th century the abbey had incurred debts on its building projects and lost revenue due to an epidemic of sheep scab (psoroptic mange). The ill fortune was compounded by raiders from Scotland in the early 14th century. The great reduction in population caused by the Black Death in the mid-14th century made it difficult to recruit new lay brothers for manual labour. As a result, the abbey was forced to lease much of its land. By 1381 there were only fourteen choir monks, three lay brothers and the abbot left at Rievaulx, and some buildings were reduced in size.
By the 15th century the Cistercian practices of strict observance according to Saint Benedict's rule had been abandoned in favour of a more comfortable lifestyle. The monks were permitted to eat meat, and more private living accommodation was created for them, and the abbot had a substantial private household.
The abbey was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1538. At that time there were reported to be 72 buildings occupied by an abbot and 21 monks, attended by 102 servants, with an income of £351 a year. The abbey owned a prototype blast furnace at Laskill, producing cast iron as efficiently as a modern blast furnace.
Henry ordered the buildings to be rendered uninhabitable and stripped of valuables such as lead. The site was granted to the Earl of Rutland, one of Henry's advisers, until it passed to the Duncombe family.
In the 1750s Thomas Duncombe III beautified his estate by building the terrace with two Grecian-style temples. They are in the care of the National Trust. The abbey ruins are in the care of English Heritage.
Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
Rievaulx Abbey Travel Vlog
HEY GUYS this is ndrakemc back again for another travel vlog, this time around its Reivualx Abbey. ENJOY AND COMMENT!!!
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