Standing among soft green meadows bordered by woods and the River Wharfe and its delightful waterfalls, this picturesque twelfth century ruin provides a perfect setting for any artist. Many have captured the charming scene but no so effectively as Landseer. The nave of the priory was repaired and lengthened in 1864 to form the local parish church bit it is the old grounds of the abbey and the area near the current rectory which is haunted. The Reverend F.G. Griffiths confirmed in 1975 that the apparition of an Augustinian monk in a brown hassock has been seen walking through the wall of the rectory towards the ruined abbey. The figure of the monk has also been witnessed on a number of occasions near the rectory by visitors to the ruins.
� Andrew Green