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St Mary’s Abbey
The ruins of St Mary’s Abbey are situated in the Yorkshire Museum gardens. This is all that remains of the Benedictine monastery that was once one of the most wealthy and powerful in England.
The abbey estate occupied the entire site of the Museum Garden and the abbot was one of the most powerful clergymen [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2011
Filed under Holidays, York 2011
Signs of the Times…
The small sign on the right in the second picture says:
L&NW AND L&V
RAILWAYS
ANY PERSON FOUND
TAMPERING WITH
THESE BELLS WILL
BE PROSECUTED
BY ORDER
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2011
