Bolton Abbey
The Priory Ruins and the Parish Church
Photographed July 2001
The famous view of the Priory from the east
View of the Priory from the south-east showing the 13th c. nave, arches of south transept, 12th c. doorway and 14th c. window
View of the Priory from the north showing ruins of presbytery and north transept
Arches of transepts and crossing
Model of the Priory made by pupils of Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton
The original 13th c. west front (now inside Prior Moone's unfinished tower)
This is the entrance to the Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert
View inside the Church looking east (the nave of the Priory)
The east wall of the Church, rebuilt in 1877 to a design by Joseph Petyt of Stank House, Bolton Abbey, the Duke of Devonshire's Land Agent. The paintings are by a local artist, George Bottomley.
Plaque inside the Church commemorating organist Elizabeth Usher (nee Petyt)
View of part of the churchyard, looking east towards the river Wharfe
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