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RIEVAULX

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 325 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RIEVAULX , a See also:

village in the See also:North See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 3 M. W. by N. of the small See also:town of Helmsley, which is served by a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway. Here, exquisitely situated in a deep wooded valley, are the ruins of Rievaulx See also:Abbey, a See also:foundation by See also:Walter 1'Espec in 1131 for See also:Cistercians. The See also:principal remains are those of the cruciform See also:church, mainly See also:Early See also:English in date, and of the finest workman-See also:ship. There are considerable fragments of the See also:refectory, and all the important domestic buildings may be traced. A beautiful prospect over the ruins and the valley is seen from the See also:terrace on the eastern flanking See also:hill.

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