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Kirkstall Abbey

Cistercian monastery in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Organization abbey Q1421579
Kirkstall Abbey
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Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
abbey, church building, monastery ruins, local authority museum[5][6][7]
Official website
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk[16]

Status and dates

Inception
1152[10]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1539[11]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.821°, -1.608°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Leeds[3]
Postal code
LS5 3EH[8]

Relations

Part of
Leeds Museums & Galleries[9]
More facts +11
Religion or worldview
Catholicism[2]
Associated electoral district
Leeds Central and Headingley[22]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
Diocese
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of York[15]
Has facility
accessible toilet[17]
Has part(s) of the class
cup and ring mark[21]
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building, scheduled monument[19][20]
Historic county
Yorkshire[23]
Mother house
Fountains Abbey[13]
OS grid reference
SE2597736085[14]
Religious order
Cistercians[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kirkstall Abbey en Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock es Abadia de Kirkstall es abadía de Kirkstall fr abbaye de Kirkstall it abbazia di Kirkstall ru Киркстальское аббатство zh 柯克斯托尔修道院
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
142329853
Library of Congress authority ID
nr90017042
Art UK venue ID
kirkstall-abbey-leeds-museums-and-galleries-4870
Atlas Obscura place ID
kirkstall-abbey
British History Online VCH ID
yorks/vol3/pp142-146
British Listed Buildings ID
101256668
Freebase ID
/m/0d00l
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7032576
Historic England research records ID
51263
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
371274
Mapping Museums ID
mm.ace.1257
Museum Data Service museum ID
Kirkstall Abbey
Show all 21 identifiers +9
National Heritage List for England number
1018149, 1256668
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007585531105171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1331190
OpenStreetMap way ID
156853488
Quora topic ID
Kirkstall-Abbey
Structurae structure ID
20048766
Theatricalia theatre ID
2c6
TripAdvisor ID
211821
Yale LUX ID
group/93603dbb-fcb2-47ef-9b01-1b34c65964ee

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
church building, abbey
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Diocese 1
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of York
Has facility 1
accessible toilet
Has part(s) of the class 1
cup and ring mark
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Historic county 1
Yorkshire
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Leeds
Mother house 1
Fountains Abbey
Museum Data Service museum ID 1
Kirkstall Abbey
Religion or worldview 1
Catholicism
Religious order 1
Cistercians
← Museum Data Service museum ID 1
Kirkstall Abbey
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Summary

Kirkstall Abbey is an abbey[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Mapping Museums. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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