The ruins of St Mary's Abbey. York. The abbey was founded in 1155, heavily damaged by a fire a few years later, and then rebuilt c. 1295 only to be destroyed in the sixteenth-century during the separation of the Church of England from the authority of the Pope and the establishment of the Anglican Church (Church of England). Photograph 2019. Click on image to enlarge it.

Photograph by George P. Landow 2019. [You may use this images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web project or cite it in a print one.]


Last modified April 20, 2019