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| Ravenstonedale Priory, Ravenstonedale | ||
| Ravenstonedale Priory | ||
| site name:- | St Oswald's Church | |
| locality:- | Ravenstonedale | |
| civil parish:- | Ravenstonedale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | religious house | |
| locality type:- | priory | |
| coordinates:- | NY72220428 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7204 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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 Click to enlarge BZB32.jpg Ruins of the chapter house. (taken 12.8.2013)  Click to enlarge BNU86.jpg Ruins of the chapter house. (taken 9.6.2007) |
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| source data:- | : 1954: Monastic Britain: Ordnance Survey | |
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| hearsay:- |
The religious house was probably built about 1200 by Gilbertine monks who came from
Watton, Yorkshire. The Gilbertine Order was founded by Gilbert of Sempringham, Lincolnshire,
1131. Very little more was built than is evidenced by the ruins. |
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| Irwin, Christopher R &Irwin, Mary: 2002: Gilbertines and Ravenstonedale: Book House
(Ravenstonedale, Cumbria) Robertson, Dawn & Koronka, Peter: 1992: Secrets and Legends of Old Westmorland: Pagan Press (Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria) &Cumbria CC (library service) |
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