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Which are in the Museum Gardens set in the stunning surroundings of the medieval ruins of St Marys Abbey,
St Mary's Abbey was established in 1088 as a Benedictine monastery, situated on the north bank of the Ouse, inside the city walls of York. In time it grew to become one of the largest and most powerful monasteries in the north of England. Now only foundation walls of the original Norman buildings remain, in the lovely parkland setting of Museum Gardens.
Abandoned Benedictine monastery is Grade I scheduled monument
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St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders.
The remains of the cloisters of St Mary's Abbey, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Situated in the graveyard of St Nicholas' Church and in an adjacent area of Abbey Fields. Some of its ruins are above ground and some are below ground.
A priory for Augustinian canons was built on this site in about 1124 by Geoffrey de Clinton, at about the same time as he built Kenilworth Castle. The priory later gained additional land as gifts from Geoffrey de Clinton. A barn, a gatehouse, a belltower and an infirmary were subsequently built near to the main buildings of the priory, and St Nicholas' Church was built nearby in about 1291.
The priory gradually gained wealth and the Pope upgraded its status to an abbey in 1447. St Mary's Abbey was signed over to King Henry VIII in 1538 and then dismantled at part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. By about 1700 most of the abbey had become ruins except for the gatehouse and the barn. The ruins were excavated in 1840, 1880 and 1922, and most of the ruins were covered in 1967 for their protection.
There has long been a tradition of monasticism in the North of England, especially in Yorkshire where abbeys were established as early as the 7th century. Despite repeated Viking raids and the harrowing of the North by William I, these abbeys flourished.
Perhaps the most impressive of these abbeys is Fountains Abbey, famous for its superb setting and extensive ruins. Fountains Abbey lies along the valley of the River Skell about two miles west of Ripon. The Abbey, Britain's largest monastic ruin, was founded in 1132 by thirteen Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York seeking a simpler life, who later became Cistercian monks. The abbey was named Fountains Abbey because of the springs of water that existed in the area.
Always looks like a film set to me but it the ruins of the Abbey of St. Mary’s in the Centre of York
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks on the request of King David I of Scotland, and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation.
St Mary's Abbey was a Benedictine foundation dating from AD1088, becoming one of the largest and richest monastic estates in the north of England.
The monastery was surrendered to Henry VIII's commissioners in 1539, when the abbot and monks were pensioned off and the extensive estates and properties reverted to the Crown.
The buildings were used as a royal palace for a while before being abandoned to agricultural use as stables and warehouses. After that there was extensive re-use of the stone elsewhere in the expanding city of York, leaving the abbey in the state it is seen in now.
Howth in County Dublin has strong Viking connections and its name is derived from the old Norse name for ‘Head’. King Sitric, the Norse Viking King of Dublin, founded the earliest church here in 1042 in what was then a waterfront site. The church was replaced in 1235 by this abbey It was later rebuilt late in the 14th century. The abbey was served by a community of 3 or more priests. The church originally had two aisles, each of which had a gabled roof. The building was again modified in the 15th and 16th centuries when a larger gable and bell-cote were added.
The remains of St Mary's Abbey, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England are situated in the grounds of St Nicholas' Church and in an adjacent area of Abbey Fields. Some of its ruins are above ground and some are below ground.
This photograph was taken using a Canon EOS 3 film camera and a 16-35mm f4L IS USM Lens, film used was 35mm Ilford HP5 Plus rated at 400 ISO. The film was developed using Ilford Ilfotec DD-X and was digitized using a Nikon super coolscan 5000 ED processed with DXO 5
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Built in 1470 adjacent to St Olave's Church it was the main entrance to St Mary's Abbey which was once the richest abbey in Northern England. The abbey is just a ruin today in the York Museum Gardens.
Following the Dissolution it became a court house and a pub. Today it is home to York Museum & Gallery Trust.
St Mary’s Abbey was first built in 1088.
The ruins we now see are all that remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England.
Its story ties together two of the most important events in English history: it was begun by William the Conqueror to reinforce his hold on the north after 1066 and ended by Henry the Eighth as a consequence of his Reformation of the church.
The abbey estate occupied the entire site of the Museum Gardens and the abbot was one of the most powerful clergymen of his day, on a par with the Archbishop of York. In medieval York, the abbey sat opposite and mirrored the Minster: two great buildings dedicated to worship.
Actually quite a large building when you reach it: The Hospitium, in the middle of the lovely Museum Gardens in York.
Elsewhere in the gardens are the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, first built in 1088 - all that remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England.The ground floor of the timber and stone building shown above is medieval and would have served as a guest house or barn within the monastery. The first floor was substantially rebuilt in the 20th century to accommodate the ever-growing archaeology collections of the museum. Between the two periods it was used as an agricultural building.
It is now used as a conference and wedding venue by York Museums Trust.
I think from this angle it looks like something from a fairy tale.
A colour version of the drawing of the ruins of the church of St Mary's Abbey.
St Mary's Abbey was founded in 1088 by King William II. It was rebuilt between 1270 and 1294, work on the central crossing tower beginning in 1278. Most of what can be seen in Museum Gardens date from this period. The most imposing remains are the western piers of the central crossing and the north wall of the nave aisle, with the lower parts of the south choir aisle in the foreground. The site was granted to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society in the early 19th century to become York Botanical Gardens. Later in the 19th century the gardens became a public park, the only large public open space in the city centre.
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York, England - There is something oddly romantic about when you are old and traveling to really old places.
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Another version of the Blackbird and grave stone captured at St Mary's Abbey, Melrose, in the Scottish Borders back in May 2004 with an Olympus 2100.
Edited on the iPad, this time run through Snapseed, Alien Skin and Stackables for lots of texturing.
The original post can be viewed here if you care to compare them:
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Staying with the Lawrence Collection to end the week we have a magnificent view of St. Mary's Abbey and Howth before the bay was filled in. I imagine that most people think that the Abbey is a tavern rather than an ancient place of learning and worship/
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_00856
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Finally got around to processing this shot from my trip to York in February...
This is the ruins of St Mary's Abbey - closed and destroyed by order of Henry VIII, during the dissolution of the monasteries
A whole morning working on the west and north nave aisle walls of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey church. These are the biggest surviving chunks of the abbey, dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s. Te site was used as a quarry for repairing buildings in York for many years but this ceased in the early 19th century on the founding of York Botanical gardens by the York Philosophical Society.
A Gothic arch, also known as a pointed arch, is an arch with a pointed crown where the two curved sides meet at a sharp angle at the top. This distinctive feature is a hallmark of Gothic architecture and was used to create a sense of height and soaring space in buildings.
Built in 1470 adjacent to St Olave's Church it was the main entrance to St Mary's Abbey which was once the richest abbey in Northern England. The abbey is just a ruin today in the York Museum Gardens.
Following the Dissolution it became a court house and a pub. Today it is home to York Museum & Gallery Trust.