Ellerton Priory (Swaledale)

[3] In 1342 it suffered badly at the hands of marauding Scots, who are described as having razed and despoiled the Priory.

[4] In 1536 Thomas Cromwell's commissioners arrived to inspect the convent as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

The prioress Joan Harkey had to admit that one of her nuns, Cecily Swale, was asking to leave the convent.

The site is a scheduled Ancient Monument and parts of the priory are grade II listed.

[3] The ruins include the remains of the priory church built in the 15th century.