Fountains timeline

National History
1066—1087 William the Conqueror
1086 The Domesday Book. Commissioned by
William the Conqueror. The first national census
1135—1154 King Stephen
Fountains Abbey
1132 Archbishop Thurston helps 13 monks from York to
start a new abbey
Studley Royal
Studley (Roger) appears in the Domesday Book
Households : 5 villagers, 3 smallholders
1170 The abbey is well established with around 60 monks and 200
laybrothers
1200 Small farming communities begin to grow
1455—1487 Wars of the Roses
1314 Battle of Bannockburn
1350 The Black Death claims many
lives
1230 Wool sales increase the abbey’s
1300 Sheep disease and poor harvests lead
the abbey into debt
1483—1485 King Richard III
1314 Hungry Scots raid the abbey
and its farms
1381 Only 34 monks remain at
Fountains Abbey
1480s Abbot Darnton repairs and
rebuilds the Abbey Church
1500 Abbot Huby builds the great
tower
C. 1400 Studley village disappears. The manor
house, Studley Hall, remains
1452 William Mallorie is owner of Studley Hall.
The Mallories live at Studley for the next 200
years
Fallow deer were well-established at Studley
1356 Sir Richard Tempest is Lord of Studley
1485 Richard III killed at the Battle
of Bosworth
1642—1651 English
Civil War
1653 –1658 Oliver
Cromwell became Lord
Protector of England
1509—1547 King Henry VIII
1558—1603 Queen Elizabeth I
1627 The Messenger family owns the Fountains Abbey estate for six generations
The Aislabies of Studley make approaches
to buy but the Messengers refuse
1539 Fountains Abbey is surrendered to King
Henry VIII. All the monks leave
1604 Sir Stephen Proctor builds Fountains
Hall and lives there
1667 George Aislabie of York marries Mary
Mallorie of Studley
1693 John Aislabie inherits Studley from his
Father. He begins to plan his water garden
1600 Studley is shown on a map of the time
1666 The Great Fire of
London
1665—1666 Great Plague of London
From 1760 The Industrial Revolution
William Sexton’s Map of
the area during the 17th
century
‘If any person shall be eavesdroppers,
common scold, tale callers, drawlarks or
common hedgebreakers — fine 6/8
For hunting in ripe corn, a fine of 40/If waifs or strays are concealed from the
bailiff for over 3 days — fine 40/-
An extract from the
Rules of the Court
Leet at Fountains Hall
in 1667
If bread weighers or ale tasters fail in
their duty—fine 10/-’
1742 William Aislabie inherits the
estate from his father
He develops the Water Garden, a
Chinese garden and rebuilds
Studley Hall
1716 Work starts on the Lake, Canal and Moon Pond
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1767 The Messengers fall on hard
times and agree to sell the estate
to William Aislabie
1833 Abolition of Slavery Act
1781 William dies, with the Water Garden
much as it is today
1845 The Earl de Grey owns the estate
Fountains Abbey and Studley
Royal estates merge in 1767
1767 William buys the Fountains
Abbey estate and the two estates
become one
1790s Mrs Allanson, William’s
daughter creates a ‘garden feature’at the Surprise View to reveal
the abbey ruins
1849 –58 JR Walbran excavates the abbey
1918—1920 Spanish Flu killed
more people across the world than
during World War 1
1837—1901 Queen
Victoria
1914—1918 World War 1
1928 Women get the vote
1859 The future Marquess of
Ripon inherits the estate
1909 2nd Marquess of Ripon
inherits
1870s William Burges designs St Mary’s
Church for the 1st Marquess of Ripon
1897—1926 Studley Royal Golf Club is
set out in the park
1923 Clare and Doris Vyner own the
estate
1930s The Great Depression
1936 The year of 3 Kings George
V, Edward VIII, George VI
1939—1945 World War II
1952—Queen Elizabeth II
1966 Henry Vyner sells the estate, to be
bought by West Riding County Council
Up until the 1930s the Mill saws timber as well
as grinding flour
The second World War
memorial to Charles and
Elizabeth Vyner who both
died in the war aged just
18 and 19
1970s Sika deer were introduced
in the deer park
1983 The National Trust
buys the estate
1939 Queen Ethelburga’s School is billeted at
Studley Hall
1946 A great fire destroys Studley Hall.
Only the stable block survives
1986 Studley Royal
with Fountains Abbey becomes a
World Heritage Site