Sir Edgar Wigram - "Rievaulx Abbey."

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2006.6030

Watercolour landscape of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire. The remains of the Abbey dominate the centre of the painting, with farmland on the left. The abbey of Rievaulx was founded in 1132. It was built to as a mission centre for the colonisation of the north of England and Scotland, and was the first Cistercian abbey in the north. The monks of nearby Byland Abbey (another of the subjects painted by Wigram) disputed land ownership with Rievaulx, which led to engineering works to divert the course of the River Rye, the boundary between their properties. Sir Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram bart. (1864-1935) was mayor of St Albans in 1926.

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CD 978

Amy Cooke

4) Verulamium Archive Room

Rievaulx Abbey, Rievaulx, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, UK.

PWD Box 32 (grey).

25/10/2006