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Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park on the north bank of the River Aire . It was founded c. 1152 .
The earliest known activity on the site was a medieval mill race which supplied water to power the corn mill at Kirkstall Abbey. Iron production took place at the forge from the 1580s onwards. Kirkstall Abbey, a daughter abbey of Fountains was founded in 1152 by Abbot Alexander. [1] By the time of the Reformation the site covered 800 acres. [2]
To the west is Bramley, to the east is Headingley, and to the north are Hawksworth and West Park. Kirkstall is around 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city centre and is close to the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University. Its main visitor attraction is Kirkstall Abbey.
Abbey House Museum. Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is housed in the gatehouse of the ruined 12th-century Kirkstall Abbey, [1] and is a Grade II* listed building. [2] The house is 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Leeds city centre on the A65 road. [3] It is part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries group.
Kirkstall Abbey. Kirkstall Abbey is the most noteworthy piece of architecture from this period in Leeds. [7] The abbey, which is a Cistercian foundation, was begun on the banks of the River Aire in 1152. The abbey was disbanded and the buildings ruined during the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII. Although Cistercian abbeys were ...
Beckett Park (also known as Becketts Park) [1] is a residential area and a large public park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council. It borders onto Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe.
The last remaining Leeds horse tram, number 107, has been restored by the Leeds Transport Historical Society and is currently on display at Crich. [17] The second of the two experimental single deck trams, number 602, is also preserved at a Crich [18] along with a conversion from a Sunderland tram (Leeds 600). The other experimental single ...
Headingley railway station (formerly known as Headingley and Kirkstall railway station until some point early in the 20th century) is off Kirkstall Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the Harrogate Line, 3 miles (5 km) north west of Leeds. The station was opened in 1849 by the Leeds & Thirsk Railway, later part of the Leeds Northern ...