Excerpt from The Easby Abbey Breeding Stud: With a Memoir The approach to Richmond by the railway, past the ruins of Easby Abbey - popularly so called, but bistori cally the Abbey of St. Agatha-along the banks of the river Swale, beneath precipitous wooded rocks, is most picturesque - enchanting in summer, when the trees are in full foliage - thereby impressing the stranger at once with the beauty of the situation, which, in fact, has become almost proverbial. Crossing the Gothic bridge, and mounting the steep approach to the town, with the noble pinnacled Keep, the last stronghold of the besieged, springing to the height of 100 feet out of the ivy-clad mouldering remains of the ancient Castle, so boldly situated on its lofty rocky eminence, washed by the river at its base, and the stately tower of the Friary (recalling the style of the Somersetshire churches), which alone remains of the residence of a body of Grey Friars of the Francisan order, founded, as early as 1258, by Ralph Fitz Randal, according to some, although the Scropes, according to others, had a share in the honour, - rearing their lofty pinnacles proudly above, the visitors admiration, coupled with astonishment, is increased ten fold; and a desire is naturally aroused to explore the natural beauties of the place - to learn something of its antiquity and historical associations, which will amply repay the time and labour devoted to the purpose.
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