What is Studley Royal Park?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site|WHS=Studley Royal Park|Criteria=Cultural: i, iv|ID=372|Coordinates={{coord|54|6|58|N|1|34|23|W}}|image=Studley Royal, Ripon.jpg|caption=The Park, a [[World Heritage Site]]|Location=[[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]|Year=1986|locmapin=|map_caption=Map showing location of Studley Royal Park|map_width=}} '''Studley Royal Park''' (including the Ruins of [[Fountains Abbey]]) is a [[UNESCO]]-designated [[List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom|World Heritage Site]] in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/372/|title=Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey|last=Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldheritagesite.org/list/Studley+Royal+Park|title=Studley Royal Park - World Heritage Site - Pictures, Info and Travel Reports|website=www.worldheritagesite.org|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> It has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) and features an [[18th century|18th-century]] landscaped garden, some of the largest [[Cistercian]] ruins in Europe, a [[Jacobitism|Jacobean]] mansion, and a [[Victorian era|Victorian church]] designed by [[William Burges]]. == History == === Fountains Abbey and Hall === Fountains Abbey was founded in 1132 by [[Benedictine]] [[Monk|monks]] who left St Mary's Abbey, York to follow the Cistercian order. After the end of the monasteries in 1539 by [[Henry VIII]], the Abbey buildings and over 500 acres (200 ha) of land were sold by the Crown to a merchant named [[Sir Richard Gresham]]. The property was passed down through several generations of Sir Gresham's family. Between 1598 and 1604, it was sold to [[Stephen Proctor]], who built Fountains Hall. [[File:Studley Water Gardens.jpg|left|thumb|Studley Royal Park Water Garden]] The hall is a Jacobean mansion, built partly with stone from the Abbey ruins. Fountains Abbey mill is the only 12th-century Cistercian cornmill left in t