St Mary's Abbey (York)

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Ruins of St Mary's Abbey, York

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|St Mary's Abbey, York / Neil Clifton, 4 Aug. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-05-09.

St Mary's Abbey, York, is the scene of the greater part of fytte II (sts. 84–125) of the Gest of Robyn Hode. It is mentioned by name in sts. 54 and 84 and indirectly referred to in sts 55 and 129 of that poem.

Quotations

[Gest; c. 1500:]
My londes both sette to wedde Robyn
Untyll a certayn day
To a ryche abbot here besyde
Of Seynt Mari Abbey.

[Gest; c. 1500:]
Then spake that gentyll knyght
To Lytel Johnn gan he saye
To-morowe I must to Yorke toune
To Saynt Mary abbay.

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Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Sources

• Wikipedia: St Mary's Abbey, York.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.6 (1892; surveyed 1889)
• 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.6 (1909; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.6 (1909; rev. 1907)
• 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.6 (1931; rev. 1929)
• 25" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.6 (1941; rev. 1937)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire 174 (1853; surveyed 1846-51)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.NW (1910; rev. 1907) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.NW (1910; rev. 1907)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.NW (1932; rev. 1929)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.NW (1946; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Yorkshire CLXXIV.NW (1952; rev. 1950).

Background

• History of York: Life in the Abbey.

Notes

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  The ruins of St Mary's Abbey: The ruins of St Mary's Abbey, first built in 1088, are all that remain of one of the most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England and are located in the ten-acre botanical gardens / Alan Walker, 1974, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The ruins of St Mary's Abbey, York / Jeff Buck, 10 Dec. 1978, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey: The ruins of the north wall of St Mary's Abbey, a ruined Benedictine abbey that lies in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens / David Dixon, 10 Jan. 1979, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey, York / Philip Halling, 19 May 1980, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey: The Ruins of St Mary's Abbey in the grounds of the Yorkshire Museum / Gerald England, July 1999, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St. Mary's Watergate / Matthew Hatton, 3 Feb. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey ruins in Museum Gardens, York / Stanley Howe, 18 Apr. 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Entrance to St Mary's Abbey / Tony Thomas, 22 June 2007, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey Ruins, Museum Gardens, York / Kevin Gordon, 16 July 2008, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Ruins of St.Mary's Abbey in York / Richard Croft, 16 Mar. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St.Mary's Abbey / Richard Croft, 16 Mar. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St.Mary's Lodge: Lodge built from the remains of St.Mary's Abbey gatehouse / Richard Croft, 16 Mar. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St.Mary's Hospitium / Richard Croft, 16 Mar. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Water Gate / Richard Croft, 16 Mar. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  York: ruins of St Mary's Abbey / Christopher Hilton, 26 Aug. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Ruins of St Mary's Abbey church / Phil Champion, 12 Dec. 2009.

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  Ruins of St Mary's Abbey Church: Arch on north-west side of central crossing. Most standing remains of the abbey church are at the north-west end / Phil Champion, 12 Dec. 2009.

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  Ruin of St Mary's Abbey Church: The standing remains date from the rebuilding of the church in gothic style between 1270 and 1279. The Bendedictine abbey was founded in 1086 / Phil Champion, 12 Dec. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Walls of St Mary's abbey / Michael Jagger, 9 jan. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Remains of St Mary's Abbey, York / Michael Jagger, 20 Feb. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey: Looking across the daffodils in the flower beds of Museum Gardens to St Mary's Abbey ruins / D.S. Pugh, 27 Mar. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey, North Wall / David Dixon, 4 Apr. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey / David Dixon, 4 Apr. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey, West Wall / David Dixon, 4 Apr. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  / David Dixon, 4 Apr. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Gateway to former St Mary's Abbey, York / Phil Champion, 21 Nov. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Scaffolding at the Hospitium - York Museum Gardens / Phil Champion, 21 Nov. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Base of column - ruins of St Mary's Abbey Church, York / Phil Champion, 21 Nov. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Precinct wall of St Mary's Abbey, Marygate / Phil Champion, 21 Nov. 2010, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Water Tower, St. Mary's Abbey: Licence to crenellate was granted to St. Mary's Abbey in 1318 and this tower by the river dates from soon after that / Jonathan Thacker, 10 May 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Ruins of the abbey church / Pauline E, 12 Feb. 2012, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey York / Edward-McMaihin, 22 July 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Abbey ruins / Pauline E, 29 Sep. 2013, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Tower / David Dixon, 29 June, 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey Tower: One of the ruined towers of St Mary's Abbey / David Dixon, 29 June 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey, York / Neil Clifton, 4 Aug. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  York: St. Mary's Abbey: part of the Hospitium / Neil Clifton, 4 Aug. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St. Mary's Abbey: The Abbey of St Mary is a ruined Benedictine abbey in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens / Paul Farmer, 21 Mar. 2017, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St. Mary's Abbey: The Abbey of St Mary is a ruined Benedictine abbey in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens / Paul Farmer, 25 Mar. 2017, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Ruins of St Mary's Abbey York / Roy Hughes, 15 Apr. 2017, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Tower: Tower on the corner of Marygate and Bootham, part of the walls of St Mary's Abbey, the whole site being grade I listed / Ian Capper, 10 July 2017, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  St Mary's Abbey remains: Precinct walls / Jonathan Hutchins, 1 Dec. 2017, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  York, abbey ruins / Mike Faherty, 19 Feb. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  York, King's Manor: On the site of the residence of the abbot of St. Mary's, rebuilt in C15, later to be headquarters of the Council of the North; later, a school for the blind, now part of the University of York / Mike Faherty, 19 Feb. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The ruined abbey of St Mary in York / Richard Humphrey, 20 Mar. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Artists' Garden at rear of York Art Gallery: This area at the rear of the art gallery was part of the precinct of St Mary's Abbey / Phil Champion, 19 Nov. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Remains of St Mary's Abbey Gerald England, 14 Apr. 2019, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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