1856/59 STEREOVIEW HAND TINTED "KIRKSTALL ABBEY, LEEDS" LONDON STEREOSCOPIC CO. For Sale

Kirkstall Abbeyis a ruinedCistercianmonastery inKirkstall, north-west ofLeeds city centreinWest Yorkshire, England. It is set in a public park on the north bank of theRiver Aire. It was foundedc.1152. It was disestablished during theDissolution of the MonasteriesunderHenry VIII.

The picturesqueruinshave been drawn and painted by artists such asJ. M. W. Turner,Thomas GirtinandJohn Sell Cotman.

Henry de Lacy(1070, Halton, – 1123), Lord of the manor ofPontefract, 2ndLord of Bowland, promised to dedicate an abbey to theVirgin Maryshould he survive a serious illness. He recovered and agreed to give the Abbot ofFountains Abbeyland atBarnoldswickin theWest Riding of Yorkshire(now inLancashire) on which to found a daughter abbey.AbbotAlexander with twelve Cistercianmonksfrom Fountains went to Barnoldswick and after demolishing the existing church attempted to build the abbey onHenry de Lacy's land. They stayed for six years but found the place inhospitable. Abbot Alexander set about finding a more suitable place for the abbey and came across a site in the heavily wooded Aire Valley occupied by hermits.

Alexander sought help from de Lacy who was sympathetic and helped acquire the land from William de Poitou. The monks moved from Barnoldswick to Kirkstall displacing the hermits, some of whom joined the abbey, the rest being paid to move. The buildings were mostly completed between 1152 when the monks arrived in Kirkstall and the end of Alexander's abbacy in 1182.Millstone Gritfor building came fromBramleyFall on the opposite side of the will accept PAYPAL and other payment methods. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $3.45. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $3.45, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge.

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