Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rievaulx within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Rivaulx (or Rievaulx), township, Helmsley par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Rye, 2½ miles NW. of Helmsley, 5311 ac., pop. 227; the name is a corruption of Rye Vale; Rivaulx Abbey, a fine example of the earliest English style, and one of the most beautiful ruins in Yorkshire, was founded in 1131.