Mark NewmanThe Wonder of the North
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
Preface: The 'Wonder of the North' Priming the Canvas: Natural and Man-Made
Landscapes Before 1132 Utility and Sanctity: Fountains Abbey and its
Surroundings 1132-1540 From Dissolution to Resurrection: The Manors of
Fountains and Studley, 1539-1667 Founding a Dynasty: The Emergence of
Studley Royal Emerging Wonders: The Unfolding of a Designed Landscape,
1723-42 Filling the Landscape: William Aislabie at Studley, 1742-67 Beyond
Studley's Domain: Kirkby Fleetham, Hackfall, Laver Banks and Fountains
Estates Combined: Fountains and Studley, 1768-81 Arcadia Declining: The
Estate in the Earlier Nineteenth Century A Place of Popular Resort: The
Rising Tide of Visitors Relicts of Our Own Days Conclusion: A Future for
Studley Royal
