BYLAND-cum-MEMBRIS, a township in the
parish of COXWOLD, wapentalce of BIRDFORTH, North
riding of the county of YORK, 7 miles (S. W. by W.)
from .Helmsley, containing, with Oldstead and Wass,
Situated in Kilburn parish, 372 inhabitants. In 1177,
a convent of Cistercian monks was founded here, the
revenue of which, at the dissolution, amounted to
£2Q5. 5. 4.: it was a noble building; the westernfront,
part of a fine circular window, one end of the transept,
and some parts of the lateral aisles yet remain, affording
a beautiful specimen of early English architecture,
pn the removal of a portion of the ruins, in 1818, a
stone coffin, containing, according to tradition, the re-
Wains pf Roger de Mowbray, its founder, was discovered,
and is still preserved at Myton. Fragments of a beautiful
tesselated pavement were also found.