Kirkstall & Ackworth School, England

Today started at the Abbey House museum in Kirkstall. The museum is located in the gatehouse of the ruined Kirkstall Abbey. The ground floor of the museum is set out as an area of cobblestoned Victorian streets with a range of shops. Quite interesting.

The ruined Abbey is just across the street. It was founded in 1152 and was disestablished in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. It must have been amazing.

In the afternoon we visited the Ackworth School to see some of their amazing Quaker samplers. They were incredible. (Sorry about those nasty shadows - couldn't be helped.)

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