St Mary s Abbey York

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Saint Mary s Abbey was the first monastic house to be established in Yorkshire after the Norman Conquest Founded in about 1080AD by Stephen Of Lastingham it was one of the largest and wealthiest Benedictine Abbeys in the country The abbey was demolished by King Henry VIII in 1540 and has stood as a ruin ever since

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Size: 3500px × 5250px
Location: York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Bill Wymar / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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