Fountains Abbey

**Fountains Abbey**
	ruined Cistercian abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK
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Instance of	abbey; destroyed building or structure; monastery ruins; monastery; tourist attraction;
Part of	Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey;
Made from material	stone;
Location	Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
Owned by	English Heritage;
Headquarters location	Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains;
Operator	English Heritage;
Maintained by	National Trust;
Heritage designation	Grade I listed building (1149811); scheduled monument (1014395, 1986–); World Heritage Site (1986–);
Inception	12th century;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1539;
Religion or worldview	Catholicism;
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	54° 06′ 34.92″ N, 1° 34′ 53″ W
Authority file
	Q540237; VIAF ID: 173026705; Library of Congress authority ID: n85373849; J9U ID: 987008606479205171; Canmore ID: 284672; World Heritage Site ID: 372; National Heritage List for England number: 1149811, 1014395; OpenStreetMap relation ID: 2868565; Vision of Britain place ID: 25450; British History Online VCH ID: yorks/vol3/pp134-138
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Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is a monastery first founded A.D. 1132. The Abbey was in operation until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, ordered by Henry VIII.

Fountains Abbey is maintained by en:English Heritage, while being owned by the National Trust.

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