Dissolution Of The Monasteries 1540 Collection

Castor, 1927. Creator: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
Castor, 1927. Architectural fantasy - towards the right, we see a magnificent Romanesque church tower topped by a relatively stumpy gothic spire, rendered in fainter

Evening landscape with the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, 1794-1849. Creator: Peter de Wint
Evening landscape with the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, 1794-1849

Ruins of the Priory of Mount Grace, East Harlsey, York, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Priory of Mount Grace, East Harlsey, York, 1850. View of the...beautiful and extensive ruins of a Carthusian Priory [in Yorkshire], founded a.d

Tintern Abbey, from "Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797", January 1, 1800
Tintern Abbey, from " Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797", January 1, 1800

Rivaux Abbey, published 1812. Creator: JMW Turner
Rivaux Abbey, published 1812

Ruins of the Augustine Monastery, Canterbury, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Augustine Monastery, Canterbury, 1844. View of St. Augustines Abbey, a Benedictine monastery which was founded in 598. It fell into disuse in 1538 during the English Reformation

Kelso Abbey, c1870. Ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland founded by Tironensian monks in the 12th century under reign of Alexander I

Chapter House, Much Wenlock Abbey, c1870. 12th century monastery in Much Wenlock, Shropshire thought to be the final resting place of Saint Milburga. The chapterhouse dates c1140

Whitby Abbey, c1870. 7th-century Whitby Abbey, a centre of medieval Northumbria was confiscated by the crown under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536-1545

Furness Abbey, c1870. Former Catholic monastery in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, dating back to 1123, once the second-wealthiest

Doorway at Rivaux Abbey, c1870. Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, once a great abbey of England until seizure by Henry VIII in 1538 during the dissolution of the monasteries

Glastonbury Abbey, c1870. Glastonbury Abbey, rebuilt after fire in 1184 was by 14th century one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England, associated with the legend of King Arthur

Gate of St. Johns Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Gate of St. Johns Abbey, 1898. 15th-century gatehouse at Colchester Abbey, a Benedictine monastic institution in Colchester, Essex, founded in 1095

Picturesque Bits from Easby Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Picturesque Bits from Easby Abbey, 1898. 13th-century wall paintings at Premonstratensian Easby Abbey in Richmond, North Yorkshire, founded in 1152

Buildwas Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Buildwas Abbey, 1898. Buildwas Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian monastery located on the banks of the River Severn, at Buildwas, Shropshire, England

Ruins of Barn, Abbotsbury Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Barn, Abbotsbury Abbey, 1898. Tithe barn at Abbotsbury Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in 11th century by King Cnuts thegn Orc and his wife Tola

Romsey Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Romsey Abbey, 1898. Originally built in the 10th century, as part of a Benedictine foundation, Romsey Abbey was the parish church for the market town of Romsey until the dissolution

St. Botolphs Priory, 1898. Creator: Unknown
St. Botolphs Priory, 1898. St. Botolphs Priory, Grade I listed 12th century medieval Augustinian priory in Colchester, Essex, the first convent in England until its dissolution in 1536

Cong Abbey, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Cong Abbey, 1898. Ruins of a former Augustinian abbey mostly dating to 13th century in Connacht, Ireland. Cong Abbey was suppressed sometime after 1542 and later fell into ruins

Ruins of Wenlock Priory, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Wenlock Priory, 1898. Wenlock Priory, a ruined 12th century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire hought to be the final resting place of Saint Milburga

West Front of Tintern Abbey, c1870. Founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, in Tintern, Monmouthshire, the abbey fell into ruin after Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century

Henry VIII Monk Hunting, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Henry VIII Monk Hunting, 1850. A satirical illustration on the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Dissolution of the Monasteries was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536

Inside of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, c1794. Artist: JMW Turner
Inside of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, c1794. From the collection of the British Museum, London

Interior of Whitby Abbey, c1915. Artist: William Callow
Interior of Whitby Abbey, c1915. Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire, 2009. The first abbey at Whitby was founded in 657 by Oswy, King of Northumbria

Fire-bell Gate (and curfew), Barking, Essex, 1845. The Curfew Tower, or Fire Bell Gate, is almost all that remains of Barking Abbey, dissolved by Henry VIII in 1541

Abbey gatehouse, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, 1924-1926. Artist: E Bastard
Abbey gatehouse, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, 1924-1926. The village of Cerne Abbas grew up around a Benedictine Abbey established in 987

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Artist: Francis Frith & Co
Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1924-1926. Tynemouth Priory was a Benedictine monastery founded in the 7th century. Three of the early kings of Northumbria were buried there

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