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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
JERVAUX, JERVEAUX, JORVAULX, or JOREVAL, a hamlet in East Witton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 3 miles SE of Middleham. It takes its name, by corruption, from Ure-vale; and it sent members to parliament in the time of Edward I. Jervaux Abbey here is a seat of the Marquis of Ailesbury, and stands amid beautiful, well kept grounds. A Cistertian abbey was founded here in 1156, by the fifth Earl of Richmond; acquired additional endowments from succeeding earls; and had, at the dissolution, an annual revenue of £455. A prior of it figures prominently in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe;" and the last abbot was executed at Tyburn, for participation in the Pilgrimage of Grace. Remains of the abbey still exist, and include picturesque fragments of walls, together with foundations of the entire buildings, laid bare by excavation in 1805. The church was 270 feet long; and the floors of it still have a mutilated effigies of Lord Fitzhugh of 1424, and many inscribed tombstones.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | East Witton AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Jervaulx |
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