In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Jervaulx like this:
JERVAUX, JERVEAUX, JORVAULX, or JOREVAL, a hamlet in East Witton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 3 miles SE of Middleham. It takes its name, by corruption, from Ure-vale; and it sent members to parliament in the time of Edward I. Jervaux Abbey here is a seat of the Marquis of Ailesbury, and stands amid beautiful, well kept grounds. ...
A Cistertian abbey was founded here in 1156, by the fifth Earl of Richmond; acquired additional endowments from succeeding earls; and had, at the dissolution, an annual revenue of £455. A prior of it figures prominently in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe;" and the last abbot was executed at Tyburn, for participation in the Pilgrimage of Grace. Remains of the abbey still exist, and include picturesque fragments of walls, together with foundations of the entire buildings, laid bare by excavation in 1805. The church was 270 feet long; and the floors of it still have a mutilated effigies of Lord Fitzhugh of 1424, and many inscribed tombstones.
Jervaulx through time
Jervaulx is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Jervaulx itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Jervaulx, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21481
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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