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a Abbey in the town of Helmsley, in the county of North Yorkshire

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About Rievaulx Abbey

Rievaulx Abbey is situated on 15 acres in the valley of Rye approximately 3 miles from Helmsley in Northern Yorkshire and was built around 1132 A.D. At one time there were 400 monks living there and a couple of hundred more lay people.

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