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St Mary's Abbey, York
The Abbey of St Mary is a ruined Benedictine abbey in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens.
The original abbey on the site was founded in 1055. The surviving ruins date back to the rebuilding programme begun in 1271 and finished by 1294.
The abbey was closed during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries and was subsequently destroyed.
The remains are Grade I-listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1257128 Link
Link - York UK
Link - History of York
Link (Yorkshire Museum)
Link and Link (Wikipedia articles)
The original abbey on the site was founded in 1055. The surviving ruins date back to the rebuilding programme begun in 1271 and finished by 1294.
The abbey was closed during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries and was subsequently destroyed.
The remains are Grade I-listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1257128 Link
Link
- York UKLink
- History of YorkLink
(Yorkshire Museum)Link
and Link (Wikipedia articles)by David Dixon
Created: Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Updated: Sun, 16 Apr 2023
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