    
Title: The Gate House Description: The Gate House at Thornton Abbey was founded as a priory in 1139 AD by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire, and raised to the status of Abbey in 1148. It was a house for Augustinian or black canons. The abbey was closed in 1539 by Henry VIII as part of the dissolution and all that remains is the Gate House; Category: England Keywords: architecture, stone building, brick, towers, ruins Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 1989 (2.39 MPixels) (1.66) Print Size: 10.2 x 16.8 cm; 4.0 x 6.6 inches File Size: 6.86 MB (7,194,452 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000026448c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
