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Byland Abbey North yorkshire The history of Byland abbey is a clear reminder that monastic foundations were often far from trouble free. It was in 1134, that the Savigniac house at Furness sent thirteen monks northwards to Calder in Cumberland. Four years later, following a devastating Scottish raid, the community returned to Furness only, to be faced with the refusal of entry, in part due to the Abbot, Gerald would not resign his post. In 1143, they looked at Byland even so the plot of land was too close to Rievaulx and each abbey could hear each other bells at times of day and nights. The abbey soon became wealthy mainly due to sheep ranching of the north England. In 1535, its assessed income was give at £238. The house was suppressed in 1539, and a year later was granted to Sir William Pickering. It was past on to the Wombwell family, whose members still own it today. The ruins were place in state guardianship in 1921, and supervision of Charles Peers in the early 1920’s, as they were conserved for public display. The whole of the precinct, was originally walled, survives as an impressive earthworks. The construction work seems to have begun with the west claustral range as early as the 1150’s. Archaeological excavations took place at the abbey in the 1920’s recovering a great deal of the internal screening of the presbytery. And now displayed in a museum on the site. A major feature of the precinct at Byland was the creation of three great ponds when the site was first drained, which provide water to power at least two watermills. Interesting Facts Byland abby has one of the biggest cloisters in the British Isles. Byland abbey excavations recovered the only stone lectern base in the British Isles
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