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Jervaulx Abbey

Jervaulx Abbey was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, founded in 1156. It was dissolved in 1537, and its last abbot was hanged for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace[?]. The ruins of the abbey are open to the public.

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