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Saint Mary’s Churchyard

Memorials : 5
Location : Scawton, Ryedale District, England
Coordinate : 54.2451000, -1.1591000
Description : This church was built in 1146 - by the Cistercian monks who, thirty one years later, went on to build Byland Abbey. At this time they were temporarily based at Tylas, a mile or so up river from Rievaulx. In the mid-1130s they'd been driven from their house at Calder in Cumbria by marauding Scots. And then they had wandered homeless across the country, for a year, with all their worldly goods piled high on a single wagon, pulled by eight oxen; looking for a patron. Until, at last, they struck lucky when the good lady Gundreda, of the great de... Read More

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  • Where is Saint Mary’s Churchyard?

    Saint Mary’s Churchyard is located at Scawton, Ryedale District ,North Yorkshire ,England.

  • Saint Mary’s Churchyard cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    5 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Saint Mary’s Churchyard?

    Latitude: 54.2451000
    Longitude: -1.1591000

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