Rievaulx Abbey

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Rievaulx Abbey

Location within North Yorkshire
Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Established	1132
Disestablished	1538
Mother house	Clairvaux Abbey
Diocese	Diocese of York
People
Founder(s)	Walter l'Espec and Thurstan, Archbishop of York
Important associated figures	Aelred of Rievaulx
Site
Location	Rievaulx, North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	54°15′27″N 1°7′0″W / 54.25750°N 1.11667°W / 54.25750; -1.11667
Visible remains	substantial
Public access	yes

Rievaulx Abbey (/riːˈvoʊ/ ree-VOH) was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. It was one of the great abbeys in England until it was seized in 1538 under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The wider site was awarded Scheduled Ancient Monument status in 1915 and the abbey was brought into the care of the then Ministry of Works in 1917.^[1] The ruins of its main buildings are today a tourist attraction, owned and maintained by English Heritage.