136 CROXDEN ABBEY. 
John de Verdun, who died in 1274, and Johanna de Furni- 
vall, who died in 1334, 
High up in the wall, at the end of the South transept, may 
be seen the door which led to the flight of stairs to the monks’ 
dormitory. A round-headed door opens from this transept to 
the sacristy, and the adjoining chamber to the West of this 
was the library. South of these two chambers was the 
chapter house, which was groined and vaulted, with four 
detached supporting pillars near the centre. Beyond this 
to the South was the parlour, and beyond that a vaulted 
passage with an entrance door at the East end, and another 
door opening southwards into a large chamber, which was 
probably the novitiate. Above this was the monks’ dormitory. 
The cloister court was to the South of the nave of the church. 
Some beautiful arches still remain on the East side, through 
which the chapter house is entered. South of the cloisters 
were the calefactory or monks’ common room and the kitchen, 
and beyond these the refectory, but the extent of this is quite 
conjectural. 
Although these ruins cannot either for beauty or extent 
be compared with those at Fountains, Furness, Tintern, or 
Rievaulx, they are of considerable interest and well repay 
the trouble of a visit. 
DBADEDS 
