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Fountains Abbey was a Cistercian abbey. In 1132 a group of Benedictine monks from St Mary's at York arrived at Ripon to celebrate Christmas. They then moved on to become Cistercians and founded Fountains Abbey in 1134. The abbey maintained a large number of sheep paving the way for the area's important cloth industry.

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1134		Fountains Abbey Founded
		Fountains abbey was founded.
1139		Kirkstead Abbey founded
		A daughter house of Fountains Abbey. The initial location of the abbey proved unsuitable and the a new site was chosen near Horncastle in Lincolnshire.¹
1145		Woburn Abbey founded
		A colony of monks from Fountains Abbey move to set up a new Cistercian abbey at Woburn.
1147		Kirkstall Abbey founded
		A daughter house of Fountains Abbey, the abbey at Kirkstall was first located at Barnoldswick , but was moved a few years later to its current location near Leeds in West Yorkshire.¹
1150		Fountains Abbey cloisters rebuilt
		Work began on rebuilding the cloisters at Fountains Abbey.²
1210 - 1240		Fountains Abbey rebuilding work
		Rebuilding work of the eastern parts at Fountains Abbey.