Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery that was founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Chief Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville.

It was founded in 1187 or 1188 by Helewise, the daughter of Ranulph de Glanville, Sheriff of Yorkshire and later Justiciar for King Henry II.

[b] By April, the Abbot was granted a pension, the monks offered the chance recant their vows and the monastery was stripped of all value, including “781 oz.

[7] This was replaced in the late 18th century by the current building known as Coverham Abbey House but still retains the surviving monastic features.

The buildings each has a small vent and a chamfered window, and the sides have been converted into barrel vaulted chambers for animal shelters.

The left effigy dates from the early 14th century, and depicts a knight, also in chain mail with a surcoat, a sword and a shield, and with crossed legs.

The exterior of the abbey and its grounds doubled as the home of Mrs Bond in two early episodes of the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small.