 Jervaulx Abbey ruins | |
.svg)  Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Savigniac, Cistercian |
| Established | 1156 |
| Disestablished | 1537 |
| Mother house | Byland Abbey |
| Dedicated to | St Mary |
| Diocese | York |
| Controlled churches | Aysgarth, Ainderby Steeple, East Witton, West Witton[1] |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Akarius fitz Bardolph |
| Site | |
| Location | East Witton, North Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 54°16′1″N 1°44′17″W / 54.26694°N 1.73806°W |
| Grid reference | SE173855 |
| Visible remains | Substantial |
| Public access | Yes. Privately owned. |
Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton in North Yorkshire, 14 mi (23 km) north-west of the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, England, dedicated to St Mary in 1156. It is a Grade I listed building.[2]
The place name Jervaulx is first attested in 1145, where it appears as Jorvalle. The name is French for 'the Ure valley' and is perhaps a translation of the English 'Ure-dale', also known as Yoredale.[3] The valley is now called Wensleydale.
- ^ "GENUKI: East Witton Parish information from Bulmers' 1890". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ Historic England. "Abbey Ruins (1130961)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 268, 488. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.