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Fountains Abbey: Location
Fountains Abbey: History • Origins • Sources • Foundation • Consolidation • Trials and Tribulations • Strength and Stability • End of Monastic Life
Fountains Abbey: Buildings • Precinct • Church • Cloister • Sacristy • Library • Chapter House • Parlour • Dormitory • Warming House • Day Room • Refectory • Kitchen • Lay Brothers' Range • Abbots House • Infirmary • Outer Court • Gatehouse • Guesthouse
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1. ‘Foundation history of Fountains’ (Narratio), in A. W. Oxford, The Ruins of Fountains Abbey (London, 1910), p. 165. In Saxon, ‘Skel’ meant ‘spring’.
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