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156-419: A Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, a Developmental / Social Psychology Laboratory and a Forensic Psychology Laboratory. Primary education classrooms have resources available for to practice with the equipment used in schools including interactive whiteboards, early years resources, ICT suites, art and DT resources. Leeds Trinity's sports centre was refurbished and extended in 2007. Its indoor facilities include
234-559: A Grammar School, was put in charge of Trinity College, while Andrew Kean, a Deputy Director of the Leeds University Institute of Education, became the first principal of All Saints. The colleges merged in 1980 to form Trinity and All Saints College, with one principal appointed for the new unified college – biochemist Dr Mary Hallaway. In November 1970 Kean informed the governors that the colleges should diversify and offer other courses in order to survive – although
312-594: A careful and orderly arrangement. Medieval monasteries were sustained by landed estates that were given to them as endowments and from which they derived an income from rents. They were the gifts of the founder and subsequent patrons, but some were purchased from cash revenues. At the outset, the Cistercian order rejected gifts of mills and rents, churches with tithes and feudal manors as they did not accord with their belief in monastic purity, because they involved contact with laymen. When Archbishop Thurstan founded
390-544: A larger scale, on the same site. Building work was completed c. 1170 . This structure, completed around 1170, was 300 ft (91 m) long and had 11 bays in the side aisles. A lantern tower was added at the crossing of the church in the late 12th century. The presbytery at the eastern end of the church was much altered in the 13th century. The church's greatly lengthened choir, commenced by Abbot John of York, 1203–11 and carried on by his successor, terminates, like that of Durham Cathedral , in an eastern transept,
468-572: A masterpiece of human creative genius", and "an outstanding example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates significant stages in human history." Fountains Abbey is owned by the National Trust and maintained by English Heritage . The trust also owns Studley Royal Park , and Fountains Hall , and manages St Mary's Church , designed by William Burges and built around 1873 (owned by English Heritage). All of these are significant features of
546-424: A monk of Fountains, were locked in conflict until 1416 when Ripon was finally appointed, ruling until his death in 1434. Fountains regained some stability and prosperity under abbots John Greenwell (1442–1471), Thomas Swinton (1471–1478), and John Darnton (1478–1495), who undertook some much needed restoration of the fabric of the abbey, including notable work on the church. During Greenwell's abbacy, he reduced
624-462: A network of individual granges which provided staging posts to the most distant ones. They had urban properties in York, Yarm , Grimsby , Scarborough and Boston from which to conduct export and market trading and their other commercial interests included mining, quarrying, iron-smelting, fishing and milling. Apart from the renting out of land, the monks themselves and their laybrothers, numerous in
702-577: A number of previously-unknown monastic buildings along a long, "bowling alley-type extension" whose use had long been unknown. Further estates were assembled in two phases, between 1140 and 1160 then 1174 and 1175, from piecemeal acquisitions of land. Some of the lands were grants from benefactors but others were purchased from gifts of money to the abbey. Roger de Mowbray granted large areas of Nidderdale and William de Percy and his tenants granted substantial estates in Craven which included Malham Moor and
780-715: A range of humanities and social sciences. Previously known as Leeds Trinity & All Saints , the institution became a university college in 2009 after gaining the right to award its own degrees, and was granted full university status in December 2012. The university is a member of the Cathedrals Group and the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities . Leeds Trinity opened in 1966 as two Roman Catholic teacher training colleges for Yorkshire – Trinity College for women and All Saints College for men. At
858-421: A sports hall, a fully fitted fitness suite with free weights area, two treatment rooms, a movement and spin studio, a gymnasium (incorporating dance studio facilities) and two squash courts. Leeds Trinity outdoor sports facilities include 3 full-size rugby/football pitches, 6 dedicated tennis courts, 2 multi-use hard courts and a running track. In 2012, Leeds Trinity opened a new 3G All Weather Pitch. The pitch
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#1732776308441936-455: A tributary of the Ure . The enclosed valley had all the natural features needed for the creation of a monastery, providing shelter from the weather, stone and timber for building, and a supply of running water. The six springs that watered the site inspired the monks to give it the name of Fountains. After enduring a harsh winter in 1133, the monks applied to join the Cistercian order, which since
1014-426: A university college with the right to award its own degrees. In 2011 students at the new university college held the longest running sit-in in the country as a protest against the national increase in tuition fees . In November 2012, following the government's announcement that the qualifying threshold for university title will be lowered from 4,000 to 1,000 students, it was announced that it would be recommended to
1092-508: Is 35/65. A professional work placement is offered with every degree, through links Leeds Trinity maintains with local business, industry and schools. Foundation year programs are available for prospective students who may not already hold the required qualifications for university study. They are currently offered in Sport, Social Science, Law studies, and Computing. In the main university ranking guides as of September 2024 , Leeds Trinity
1170-587: Is a campus university off Brownberrie Lane in Horsforth, close to the village of Rawdon . The campus is 6 miles (10 km) from Leeds city centre . Horsforth railway station is a 15-minute walk away, and trains into Leeds city centre also take 15 minutes. In 2009–10 the campus underwent major developments and refurbishment, most notable being the new student accommodation block All Saints Court, with 198 bedrooms. There are eight Halls of Residence on campus at Leeds Trinity. These include All Saints Court, which
1248-399: Is a fully equipped sports science laboratory and a separate nutrition and food preparation laboratory. Both offer facilities for physiology, fitness testing, sport psychology practicals, dietary analysis and practical work with food. For Psychology students, there are a number of laboratories which include a Biopsychology and Psychophysiology Research Laboratory, a Human Assessment Laboratory,
1326-539: Is a £6m development of 198 bedrooms with ensuite and self-catered facilities that was opened in September 2010. Leeds Trinity's library is housed within the Andrew Kean Learning Centre and gives students access to over 500,000 electronic books and 115,000 print volumes, including a large classroom resources section to support students on teaching practice. There are 24-hour facilities. There
1404-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Leeds Trinity University Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire , England. Originally established to provide qualified teachers to Catholic schools, it gradually expanded and now offers foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees in
1482-453: Is notable that Leeds Trinity is mainly a teaching institution and because of this has a low research output – contributing to a lower position in the major tables. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework it was ranked 145th out of 154 for research power, with only 20 research staff. The university has traditionally performed better in other criteria, such as teaching quality. In the 2018 The Times/The Sunday Times University league table it
1560-594: Is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England . It is located approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire , near to the village of Aldfield . Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution , by order of Henry VIII , in 1539. In 1983, Studley Royal Park including
1638-797: Is the current holder of the BBC North Education Partnership Achievement award, given in recognition of its 'inspirational' journalism teaching, and Leeds Trinity news trainees have won the Partnership's Journalism award in two years out of the preceding three. Leeds Trinity works closely with the BBC to give its students access to a wide range of placements, challenges, workshops and other opportunities based at MediaCity in Salford and at BBC Yorkshire in Leeds. At
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#17327763084411716-521: Is the latest generation of 3G synthetic turf accredited by FIFATM for football and the FIHTM for Hockey . Leeds Trinity is an independent Roman Catholic foundation, and until earning the right to award its own degrees in 2009 was accredited by the University of Leeds. Overall responsibility for the activities of Leeds Trinity University rests with its Board of Governors . The ex officio Chair of
1794-502: The latrines , built above the swiftly flowing stream. The infirmary is located to the east of the latrine block, where portions of it are suspended on arches over the River Skell. It was built in the mid-12th century as a modest single-storey structure, then, from the 14th century, underwent extensive expansion and remodelling to end up in the 16th century as a grand dwelling with fine bay windows and large fireplaces. The great hall
1872-422: The 1140s the water mill was built on the abbey site, so that the grain from the granges could be brought to the abbey for milling. In October 2021, the National Trust announced that they had uncovered the foundations of a 12th- to 13th-century tannery at the abbey, described as being of "industrial" scale. The foundations, located close to the River Skell, were discovered using ground-penetrating radar, revealing
1950-494: The 13th century, some parts of which are visible to the south and west of the abbey. The area consists of three concentric zones cut by the River Skell flowing from west to east across the site. The church and claustral buildings stand at the centre of the precinct north of the Skell. The inner court containing the domestic buildings stretches down to the river and the outer court housing the industrial and agricultural buildings lies on
2028-484: The 13–16 age range. The Project holds an annual conference, sponsors in-service training, publishes a regular bulletin, and collaborates with John Murray Ltd in the publishing of materials to support the SHP curriculum. The Leeds Trinity Business Network is an opportunity for local businesses to network, raise profiles, and work together to support local business. Piloted in 2011, it currently has 80+ members. Leeds Trinity
2106-655: The Board is the Rt Revd. Marcus Stock , Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds . The Board delegate the day-to-day management of Leeds Trinity to Professor Charles Egbu (Vice-Chancellor), who is advised by the Executive Team, consisting of Professor Malcolm Todd (Deputy Vice-Chancellor), Professor Catherine O'Connor (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Experience), Phill Dixon (Chief Operating Officer) and David Butcher (Director of Finance and University Secretary). In addition
2184-567: The Board of Governors delegates oversight of the academic function of the university to the Academic Board. The Vice-Chancellor is an ex officio member of the Board of Governors and the Chairperson of the Academic Board. The university's Chancellor, installed on 15 June 2018, is actor and playwright Deborah McAndrew . Leeds Trinity had 4,985 students in 2022/23, almost all of whom are full-time. The ratio of male/female students
2262-663: The Cardinal's funeral. In 1597 the site was acquired by Sir Stephen Proctor , who built Fountains Hall . Between 1627 and 1767 the estate was owned by the Messenger family. They sold it to William Aislabie who was responsible for combining it with the Studley Royal Estate. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and is part of the designated Studley Royal Park including
2340-463: The Cross and Passion . All Saints College, meanwhile, was built on the south side of the campus, with four halls constructed for male students: Fountains and Rievaulx (after Fountains Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey ), St Albans ( Alban ), and Ripon ( Wilfrid , Bishop of Ripon ). Both colleges appointed separate principals: Augusta Maria, a Manchester University physics graduate and former deputy head of
2418-756: The LCVS is one of the longest-established and most active Victorian Studies centres in Britain. As well as sponsoring the publication of the Journal of Victorian Culture and the Leeds Working Papers in Victorian Studies, it runs an MA in Victorian Studies, and sponsors a full programme of seminars, one day colloquia and residential conferences. The Schools History Project is a curriculum development project concerned with history education in
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2496-510: The Privy Council that 10 institutions, including Leeds Trinity, should be granted university status. The change of title was made in December 2012. In 2016 Leeds Trinity marked its 50th anniversary by holding a Mass at Westminster Cathedral . A series of high-profile guest lectures was announced. Among them was Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire , who delivered a talk about her experiences during The Troubles . Leeds Trinity
2574-472: The Rover Skell. It was later used as a sawmill, and in 1928 a turbine was installed to convert the building to the production of electricity. The turbine installation ended the building's over 800 years of continuous use as a mill. It has previously housed refugees and been used as a stonemason's workshop. It was refurbished and opened as an exhibition space in 2000. During 2022 the temporary exhibition
2652-754: The Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site . The archaeological excavation of the site began under the supervision of John Richard Walbran , a Ripon antiquary who, in 1846, had published a paper On the Necessity of clearing out the Conventual Church of Fountains . In 1966, the Abbey was placed in the guardianship of the Department of the Environment and the estate was purchased by
2730-498: The West Riding County Council, who transferred ownership to North Yorkshire County Council in 1974. The National Trust bought the 674-acre (273 ha) Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal estate from North Yorkshire County Council in 1983. In 1986 the parkland in which the abbey is situated and the abbey was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO . It was recognised for fulfilling the criteria of "being
2808-607: The World Heritage Site. In January 2010, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal became two of the first National Trust properties to be included in Google Street View , using the Google Trike. Fountains Mill is the former corn mill, built in the mid-twelfth century by the community. It is the most substantial Cistercian mill to survive. There were two waterwheels installed, run from a leat taken from
2886-464: The abbey from 1180 to 1190. He was succeeded by Ralph Haget , who had entered Fountains at the age of 30 as a novice after pursuing a military career. Prior to his abbacy at Fountains, from 1182 to 1190/1 he was abbot of Kirkstall Abbey . During the European famine of 1194 the abbey provided support for six months to local people in the form of food, shelter and spiritual care. Famine was joined by
2964-467: The abbey he gave the community 260 acres (110 ha) of land at Sutton north of the abbey and 200 acres (81 ha) at Herleshowe to provide support while the abbey became established. In the early years the abbey struggled to maintain itself because further gifts were not forthcoming. Thurstan could not help further because the lands he administered were not his own, but part of the diocesan estate. After several years of impoverished struggle to establish
3042-521: The abbey, the monks were joined by Hugh, a former dean of York Minster , a rich man who brought a considerable fortune as well as furniture and books to start the library. By 1135 the monks had acquired only another 260 acres (110 ha) at Cayton , given by Eustace fitzJohn of Knaresborough "for the building of the abbey". Shortly after the fire of 1146, the monks had established granges at Sutton, Cayton, Cowton Moor , Warsill , Dacre and Aldburgh all within 6 mi (10 km) of Fountains. In
3120-482: The architect and artist Arthur Edward Henderson (1870–1956), and constructed from plastic by P Kemp and E Wilson at workshops in Surbiton . The model, measuring some 10 feet by 7 feet and weighing about a ton, was donated on 23 April 1952. Henderson's book on Fountains Abbey compares photographs of various parts of the ruin with his drawings of how that section would have looked originally. Since 2006 assessment of
3198-411: The church and building an infirmary. By the second half of the 13th century the abbey was in more straitened circumstances. It was presided over by eleven abbots, and became financially unstable largely due to forward selling its wool crop, and the abbey was criticised for its dire material and physical state when it was visited by Archbishop John le Romeyn in 1294. The run of disasters that befell
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3276-638: The community continued into the early 14th century when northern England was invaded by the Scots and there were further demands for taxes. The culmination of these misfortunes was the Black Death of 1348–1349. The loss of manpower and income due to the ravages of the plague was almost ruinous. A further complication arose as a result of the Papal Schism of 1378 –1409. Fountains Abbey and other English Cistercian houses were told to break off contact with
3354-523: The core of the Centre for Journalism's provision are extended periods of live and as-live newsroom operation, giving students a real understanding of working to deadline. Leeds Trinity also works closely with the commercial sector; the news editors of Radio Aire , Hallam FM , Capital FM (Yorkshire) and The Pulse all trained at Leeds Trinity, as did correspondents and reporters with ITN , Sky and ITV Yorkshire . Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey
3432-433: The damaged church and building more accommodation for the increasing number of recruits. At his death, the chapter house was completed, and the new church almost finished. The work was continued by his successor, Robert of Pipewell . Pipewell was considered a benevolent and virtuous abbot by William Grainge, writing in the nineteenth century. The next abbot was William of Newminster , a noted ascetic , who presided over
3510-404: The debts of the abbey by 100 marks, and survived what was characterised as a poisoning attempt by a monk called William Downom. Swinton kept a detailed 'Memorandum Book', which provides exceptional detail on the life of the abbey during his abbacy. Marmaduke Huby (1495–1526) expanded the number of monks from twenty-two to fifty-two, and undertook a building programme which included a new tower at
3588-519: The driving purpose of the institution would remain as preparing Catholic teachers for Catholic schools. As a result, new academic divisions were introduced including Humanities, Modern Languages, Mathematics and Sciences and Social and Environmental Sciences, enabling students to specialise in another subject in addition to their teacher training. The Postgraduate Certificate in Education was introduced for prospective secondary school teachers. After
3666-419: The early period, were committed on a large scale to its efficient development and the management of the landscape, not least the watercourses and woods. The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was a factor that led to a downturn in the prosperity of the abbey in the early fourteenth century. Areas of the north of England as far south as York were looted by the Scots. Then the number of lay-brothers being recruited to
3744-471: The end of the previous century had been a fast-growing reform movement and by the beginning of the 13th century had more than 500 houses. In 1135 Fountains became the second Cistercian house in northern England, after Rievaulx . The monks of Fountains became subject to Clairvaux Abbey in Burgundy, which was under the rule of St Bernard . Under the guidance of Geoffrey of Ainai , a monk sent from Clairvaux,
3822-423: The estate of the abbey. By 1330s, the abbey was no longer working to surplus, but having to borrow money. During the first half of the 13th century Fountains increased in reputation and prosperity under the next three abbots, John of York (1203–1211), John of Hessle (1211–1220) and John of Kent (1220–1247). These three abbots managed to complete another expansion of the abbey's buildings, which included enlarging
3900-537: The fishery in Malham Tarn . After 1203 the abbots consolidated the abbey's lands by renting out more distant areas that the monks could not easily farm themselves, and exchanging and purchasing lands that complemented their existing estates. Fountains' holdings both in Yorkshire and beyond had reached their maximum extent by 1265, when they were an efficient and very profitable estate. Their estates were linked in
3978-512: The group learned how to celebrate the seven Canonical Hours according to Cistercian usage and were shown how to construct wooden buildings in accordance with Cistercian practice . According to archaeologist Glyn Coppack , after Henry Murdac was elected abbot in 1143 the small stone church and timber claustral buildings were replaced; the new church was similar in plan to the church at Vauclair Abbey that Murdac had previously commissioned. Within three years an aisled nave had been added to
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#17327763084414056-498: The impact of climate change has been an essential requirement for the management of World Heritage Sites. In early 2021 a National Trust press release stated that the abbey "is at risk of being irreparably damaged by flooding, with several instances in recent years [particularly in 2007] when the 12th-century ruins and water garden have been deluged by water". Funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
4134-544: The merger in 1980, the college was forced to justify courses deemed uneconomical. Consequently, course content was modified and efforts made to increase student numbers without diluting the college's Catholic identity. However, cuts still forced the closure of the Linguistic and Arts departments, with the Music, Science and Drama departments eventually meeting the same fate. Despite this student numbers gradually increased over
4212-415: The mother house of Citeaux, which supported a rival pope. This resulted in the abbots forming their own chapter to rule the order in England. They became increasingly involved in internecine politics. In 1410, following the death of Abbot Burley of Fountains, the community was riven by several years of turmoil over the election of his successor. Contending candidates John Ripon - Abbot of Meaux and Roger Frank
4290-484: The north end of the transept and extending the infirmary. Known to visitors as Huby's Tower, it was decorated with the abbot's insignia, as well as religious texts. At Abbot Huby's death he was succeeded by William Thirsk, who was accused by the royal commissioners of immorality and inadequacy, was dismissed as abbot, retired to Jervaulx Abbey, and was later hanged for his involvement in the Pilgrimage of Grace . He
4368-570: The north of them. Only the base of a pier and a table leg survive of the guest hall, but its plan has been established by geophysical survey. To the east of the abbey, north of the infirmary, is the monks' cemetery. It was long known to exist, but its extent and arrangement were only discovered in 2016, when a partnership between the National Trust, the University of Bradford , Geoscan Research, Magnitude Surveys and Guideline Geo used ground penetrating radar which discovered several hundred graves in
4446-535: The order reduced considerably. The abbey chose to take advantage of the relaxation of the edict on leasing property that had been enacted by the General Chapter of the order in 1208 and leased some of their properties. Others were staffed by hired labour and remained in hand under the supervision of bailiffs. In 1535 Fountains had an interest in 138 vills and the total taxable income of the Fountains estate
4524-410: The refectory, and the kitchens. Parallel with the western walk is an immense, vaulted substructure known as the cellarium (divided into sections serving as cellars and store-rooms, and with the lay brothers' refectory at its southern end, next to the kitchens), which supported the dormitory of the conversi ( lay brothers ) above. This building extended across the river and at its south-west corner were
4602-460: The remainder of the decade. During the 1990s Trinity & All Saints once again found itself in challenging circumstances. It faced increased competition from newer universities such as Lincoln , Huddersfield , and Leeds Metropolitan – all of which had been granted university status in 1992. On top of this, the government of John Major had continued a policy of spending reductions on smaller university colleges. Nonetheless, academic provision
4680-402: The river's south bank. The early abbey buildings were added to and altered over time, resulting in deviations from the strict Cistercian type. Outside the walls were the abbey's "home granges ". The original abbey church was built of wood and "was probably" two storeys high; it was, however, quickly replaced in stone. The church was damaged in the attack on the abbey in 1146 and was rebuilt, in
4758-581: The ruins of Fountains Abbey was purchased by the National Trust . The abbey is maintained by English Heritage . After a dispute and riot in 1132 at the Benedictine house of St Mary's Abbey in York , 13 monks were expelled, among them Saint Robert of Newminster . They were taken under the protection of Thurstan , Archbishop of York , who provided them with land in the valley of the River Skell ,
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4914-527: The second season of the Netflix original The Witcher were filmed in the abbey and its surroundings. The TV programmes Flambards , A History of Britain , Terry Jones' Medieval Lives , Cathedral , Treasure Hunt , and Gunpowder , have also been filmed there. Fountains Abbey features twice in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Books with poetical illustrations by Letitia Elizabeth Landon . In
4992-456: The setting for Alan Bennett 's first televised play, A Grand Day Out. In 1980, the final scenes of Omen III: The Final Conflict were filmed there. Other film productions that have used locations at the abbey include the films Life at the Top , both The Secret Garden (1993) and The Secret Garden (2020) , and The History Boys . In October and November 2020, a number of scenes of
5070-402: The south transept. The cloister , which had arcading of black marble from Nidderdale and white sandstone, is in the centre of the precinct and to the south of the church. The three-aisled chapter-house and parlour open from the eastern walk of the cloister, with the monks' dormitory above; along the cloister's southern walk are, from east to west, the warming house with muniment room above,
5148-604: The spread of disease, and the abbey helped those who needed treatment. During the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, the north of England was subject to increased taxation, Fountains Abbey included. According to William Grainge , writing in Annals of a Yorkshire Abbey: A Popular History of the Famous Monastery of Fountains, the taxation of temporal goods had reduced from £343 in 1292, to £243 in 1318. Grainge interprets this reduction as evidence for detriment to
5226-501: The stone church, and the first permanent claustral buildings, built in stone and roofed in tile, had been completed. In 1146 an angry mob, annoyed at Murdac because of his role in opposing the election of William FitzHerbert as archbishop of York , attacked the abbey and burned down all but the church and some surrounding buildings. The community recovered swiftly from the attack and founded four daughter houses. Henry Murdac resigned as abbot in 1147 upon becoming archbishop of York. He
5304-460: The time there was a great demand for new teachers in Britain due to the post-war baby boom . Trinity College was composed of three residential halls to accommodate the female students: Shrewsbury (named after the birthplace of Elizabeth Prout ), Whitby ( Saint Hilda , who was Abbess of Whitby ), and Norwich ( Julian of Norwich ). Located near these halls was a convent occupied by the Sisters of
5382-404: The work of Abbot John of Kent, 1220–47. Similarities to the choir at Beverley Minster have been drawn by architectural historian Lawrence Hoey. The 160-foot-tall (49 m) tower, which was added not long before the dissolution, by Abbot Huby, 1494–1526, is in an unusual position at the northern end of the north transept and bears Huby's motto: Soli Deo Honor et Gloria . The sacristry adjoined
5460-525: Was able to expand, particularly in Communications and Media, and by 1998 the college numbered nearly 2,000 undergraduates and 250 postgraduates. In 1991 Leeds Trinity was designated a college of the University of Leeds , and established a formal accreditation agreement with the university in 2001. In 2009 Leeds Trinity gained taught degree awarding powers from the Privy Council , and became
5538-409: Was an expansive room 171 by 69 feet (52 by 21 m), "one of the largest aisled halls ever built in mediaeval England". The infirmary had its own oratory or chapel, 46 + 1 ⁄ 2 -by-23-foot (14 by 7 m), and a kitchen, 50-by-38-foot (15 by 12 m). To the west of the cloister was the lay brothers' infirmary, and beyond that the two guest houses still visible, and a large guest hall to
5616-530: Was of work by the Yorkshire-based photographer Joe Cornish . The Porter's Lodge, which was once the gatehouse to the abbey, houses a modern exhibition area with displays about the history of Fountains Abbey and how the monks lived. The centrepiece of the display is a scale model of the abbey at the time of the Dissolution. Following a suggestion by Commander Clare George Vyner, it was designed by
5694-469: Was ranked in the top 10 for both teaching quality and student experience, and was ranked 39th for the percentage of students achieving either a first or a 2:1 during their degrees. In 2016 overall satisfaction from students was 81% ( National Student Survey 2016), with 100% satisfaction in some courses such as Business and Management, English and Media. Leeds Trinity is the home of a number of research centres and research projects. Established in 1994,
5772-688: Was ranked outside the top 100 in The Complete University Guide – being placed 108th in the country out of 131 listed institutions. It was rated somewhat higher in The Guardian league table , placing 85th out of 121 institutions. The university performed best in The Times/The Sunday Times table, finishing equal 67th alongside De Montfort University in Leicester out of 129 listed institutions. It
5850-449: Was replaced by Marmaduke Bradley , a monk of the abbey who had reported Thirsk's supposed offences and testified against him. Furthermore Bradley paid 600 marks to essentially buy the abbacy for himself. In 1539 it was Bradley who surrendered the abbey when its seizure was ordered under Henry VIII at the dissolution of the monasteries . The abbey precinct covered 70 acres (28 ha) surrounded by an 11-foot (3.4 m) wall built in
5928-439: Was replaced first by Maurice, Abbot of Rievaulx (1147-8), then, on the resignation of Maurice, by Thorald (1148–50). Thorald was forced by the now archbishop, Henry Murdac, to resign after two years in office. The next abbot, Richard, who held the post until his death in 1170, restored the abbey's stability and prosperity. During his 20 years as abbot he supervised an extensive building programme that involved completing repairs to
6006-523: Was subsequently awarded and was intended to help finance the Skell Valley Scheme, which would "rejuvenate 12 miles of the River Skell" to help minimize the risk of flooding. During the cold winter of December 1981 Fountains Abbey was used as a location by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark for the music video of their single " Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) ". In 1972 the abbey was
6084-484: Was £1,115, making it the richest Cistercian monastery in England. The Abbey buildings and land were seized by the Crown, and sold on 1 October 1540 to Sir Richard Gresham , at the time a Member of Parliament (MP) and previously Lord Mayor of London , the father of Sir Thomas Gresham . It was Richard Gresham who had supplied Cardinal Wolsey with the tapestries for his new residence of Hampton Court and who paid for
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