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Kirkstall

Kirkstall is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Leeds and on the River Aire.

In the 12th century Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey, a daughter house of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. The Abbey House Museum[?] tells the story of the community and the town.

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