Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It was founded in 1132, and operated for over 400 years Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. It is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The sounds of choiral plainsong has also been reported.
Pictured left are part of the Abbey remains courtesy of DrMoschi.
Fountains,
Ripon,
North Yorkshire,
HG4 3DY.
For further information, please read Britain's Haunted Heritage by J A Brooks and Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
Fountains Hall
Fountains Hall is a country house built by Stephen Proctor between 1598 and 1604, partly with stone from the abbey ruins. It is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Hall is reputedly haunted by a number of apparitions. These include a woman in blue; and a man in Elizabethan-era clothing who walked through the oak panelling in the Stone Hall.
Pictured left is Fountains Hall courtesy of Jonathan Long.
Fountains,
Ripon,
North Yorkshire,
HG4 3DY.
For further information, please read Britain's Haunted Heritage by J A Brooks.
Location
Visitor Information
Ripon is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England.
It is situated at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell.
Pictured left is a view of Fountains Abbey courtesy of Antony McCallum. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
