Fountains Abbey

/ ˈfaʊntɪns /

noun

1. a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720

Example Sentences

Closer to home, he took his family to a middle-of-nowhere ruins, Fountains Abbey, where the few strangers there addressed him by his TV name: “Oh, hey, Nate. How are you? You all right?”

From Los Angeles Times

If approved, York could join the likes of Edinburgh and Bath on the Unesco list, as well as Yorkshire landmarks Saltaire, Fountains Abbey and Haworth high street.

From BBC

We like them small — Stonehenge, Thebes, Fountains Abbey, the cave dwellings of the Canyon de Chelly.

From Washington Post

The graves of monks at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire have been discovered to be laid out "bunk-bed" style, with bodies stacked one above the other.

From BBC

With works including sketches by Jean Cocteau and Andy Warhol and David Hockney’s “Ian, Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire” photographic collage, the London-based fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu has turned his Mayfair boutique into a home.

From New York Times