Bolton Abbey (priory), North Yorkshire (2) The half ruined church of a medieval former priory. The m
Bolton Abbey (priory), North Yorkshire (2) The half ruined church of a medieval former priory. The misnaming as an ‘abbey’ dates from the 18th Century, when the modern fascination for ruins began, and such sites began to attract visitors. At this point the original details for many of these sites had become lost, and, significance of the titles ‘abbey’, ‘priory’ or ‘friary’ were often unknown. -- source link
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