Photographs of Easby Abbey

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The Abbey of St Agatha at Easby in North Yorkshire was founded in 1152 by Roald, Constable of Richmond Castle. It was a house of the Premonstratensian order founded by St Norbert of Premontre, Laon in France in 1120. These White Canons followed a code of austerity similar to that of Cistercian monks although, unlike monks of other orders, they did preaching and pastoral work in the area.
It's on the eastern bank of the River Swale on the outskirts of Richmond. When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries the abbey was abandoned and left to fall into ruins. The Church nearby is also interesting.