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2 unusual facts about Fountains Abbey


Adam Sedbar, Abbot of Jervaulx

The Prior of Bridlington suffered the same fate on the same day, as had the Abbot of Fountains and Prior of Guisborough a few days earlier.

Fountains Abbey

In 1980, Hollywood also came to the site to film the final scenes to the film Omen III: The Final Conflict.


St. Michael's Catholic High School

Each tutor group is named after a monastic institution of learning, namely: Fountains Abbey, Iona Abbey, Abbey of Kells, Lindisfarne Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey and Whitby Abbey.


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William of York

Another election to York was held, and the candidates included Hilary of Chichester who was the king's candidate, and Henry Murdac, the Cistercian abbot of Fountains Abbey.