Bolton Priory

The ruins of Bolton Priory are to be found within the Bolton Estate, near Skipton in Yorkshire. It is next to a small village called Bolton Abbey.

The Monastery was founded in the year 1120 at Embsay just outside Skipton. In 1154, the Augustinians founded the Priory on land granted by Lady Alice de Romille, on the banks of the River Wharfe.

Scottish raiders attacked the building in the early 14th Century. Serious damge was done ans the site was temporarily abandoned.

Building work was still ongoing when King Henry VIII decided to sieze this building amongst the many religious Houses that he forcibly closed.

The Priory Church is still used today.

For more information see link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Abbey
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36260

http://www.enicholl.com/bolton-priory-church/