Stokesley is a market town in rural North Yorkshire with a well established agricultural past and community. The origins of the annual fair stretch back to 1223, when Henry III granted Stokesley, a charter to hold an annual fair.
The Abbey is situated in the wooded River Rye valley near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England and has an enviable position. The River Rye valley at this point is heavily wooded and provides shelter to lower lying farmland.
Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian Abbey in the wooded River Skell Valley near Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1132 by 13 monks who had been expelled from St Marys Abbey at York.
Stokesley is a market town in rural North Yorkshire with a well established agricultural past and community. The origins of the annual fair stretch back to 1223, when Henry III granted Stokesley, a charter to hold an annual fair.
The Abbey is situated in the wooded River Rye valley near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England and has an enviable position. The River Rye valley at this point is heavily wooded and provides shelter to lower lying farmland.
Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian Abbey in the wooded River Skell Valley near Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1132 by 13 monks who had been expelled from St Marys Abbey at York.
