The bulletin

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Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
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Vol. 63 No. 3240 (18 Mar 1942)
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The Bulletin  

“The Bulletin,” Vol. 63.—N0. 3240.  

Wednesday, March 18, 1942.  

Price 6d.  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as Newspaper.  

Seppelts  

FOUNTAINS ABBEY.  

HERE are lovely ruins in England vastly different from the ghastly modern ruins for which Nazi “total war” technique was responsible.  

Near the Cathedral City of Ripon, in Yorkshire, are the beautiful ruins of the historical abbeys, Fountains, Bolton, Riyaulx and  

Bylands. The first-named, founded in 1131, is regarded as fine example of the early English style of architecture. The origin of the  

name has been variously explained—one authority, in poetic metre, gives his opinion thus:  

“Low in vale, with springs well stored, and wood,  

And sovereign herbs whence failing health’s renewed,  

neighboring abbey next invites the eye,  

Stupendous acts of former piety;  

From streams and springs which nature here contrives,  

The name of Fountains this sweet place derives.”  

How it came to be founded is another matter. Scenes of violence had taken place among the monks of St. Mary’s at York, and, the  

restoration of order being difficult, the Archbishop assigned to some of them place of retreat in the valley of the Skell. Here they at  

first sheltered themselves under rocks and yew-trees, subsequently erecting wooden cells and chapel beneath an enormous elm, which  

survived until the Dissolution. Wealth poured in upon the monks until their lands extended to Pennygent, mountain some miles to  

the west, and included in one estate 60,000 acres, besides other domains elsewhere. To reach the Abbey the Skell has to be crossed if the  

visitor comes from Ripon, three miles distant. The ruins consist of nave, transept, choir and tower, 168 feet high. The nave is the  

oldest portion. Probably, the Lady Chapel is the most beautiful part of the church, and this testimony has been left by the late J. Phillips,  

F.G.S., no mean authority, “The slender octagonal pillars of vast height which bear the lofty arches connected with the clerestory of  

the nave are almost miracle.” The Refectory, the Frater-House, the Chapter House, the Abbot’s House and other remains found by  

succeeding generations are worthy of careful examination. The whole, as all who have had the good fortune to go to Fountains Abbey  

will confess, is wonderfully beautiful and impressive.  

PURPLE PARA  

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