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5. Kirkham Priory on the River Derwent
The bridge over the River Derwent to Kirkham Priory when you turn down of the busy Malton-York A64 road. Easily visited en-route to other places and a lovely respite from the busy A64 road to York from Whitby, Scarborough, Malton or Pickering.
The grand richly carved entrance to Kirkham Priory.
Details of the carvings on the entrance archway.
A few fragments of the stone vaulting that supported an upper floor.
The ruins of the Augustinian Kirkham Priory, founded in the 1120's, viewed from across the weir on the River Derwent. The gatehouse shows the heraldry of the Roos family of Helmsley Castle. The priory is picturesquely set on the banks of the River Derwent, by a weir, in the beautiful Derwent valley about 5 miles south-west of Malton near the Yorkshire Wolds but in the eastern part of the gently rolling Howardian Hills.
Similar view of Kirkham Priory viewed across the River Derwent. The fragment on the left is shown in detail below!
A small fragment of the great stone architecture of Kirkham Priory standing proud and defiant against the 'ravages' of Henry VIII and the weather.
The splendid Manor House Farm, opposite the entrance to Kirkham Priory.
A couple of 'funny' head carvings on the front of the Manor farmhouse (from the priory no doubt?).
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