Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, is situated in a highly picturesque district on the river Wharfe, 6 miles E. of Skipton, and 21 NW. of Leeds. Founded for Augustinian canons about 1150, it has been celebrated by Wordsworth in The White Doe of Ryestone and The Force of Prayer. The remains range from Early English to Perpendicular; and the nave of the church has been restored for service. The old barn of the abbey is still in use; and the gateway, familiar through Landseer's picture, has been incorporated in Bolton Hall, a modern seat of the Duke of Devonshire.
Bolton Abbey
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 282
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