From the Costume of by George Walker (1814) ‘Haver Cake......is almost exclusively made in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and constitutes the principal food of the labouring classes in that district. It is a thin cake, composed only of oatmeal and water.’

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Cistercian Houses of Newbattle (Dalkeith), Byland (Yorkshire) image/reconstruction & Melrose (Borders) Alan Sorrell's classic reconstruction. All followed a set Plan but Melrose, for some reason, was a mirror image of the Sister Houses throughout Scotland & England.

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