Thurstan
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Thurstan or Turstin of Bayeux was a medieval Archbishop of York, the son of a priest. He served kings William II and Henry I of England before his election to the see of York in 1114. Once elected, hi
A monument at the site of the Battle of the Standard, where the troops Thurstan had mustered defeated the Scots.
Fountains Abbey
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Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1132 under the direction of Thurstan, archbishop of York, and over the next four centuries be
Thurstan
…1133. He obtained for Whitby Abbey a papal privilege of protection as well as giving his privilege to the abbey. He also helped found the Cistercian Abbey of Fountains, by giving the site to monks who had been expelled from the Abbey of St. Mary's, York. Thurstan helped the hermitess Christina of Markyate at several…
West of the Abbey
Fountains Abbey - Huby's Tower
Interior of the abbey church looking down the nave
View of Fountains Abbey looking from west to south