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St Mary's Abbey precinct walls are the surviving stone boundaries of a major Benedictine monastery founded in York in 1088. The walls, constructed in stone and measuring substantial lengths, enclosed the monastic precinct and demonstrate the scale and permanence of this important religious establishment during the medieval period. The abbey remained a centre of spiritual and economic influence until its dissolution in 1539 during the Reformation. The surviving sections of precinct wall represent significant evidence of monastic planning and the physical organisation of monastic space in medieval Yorkshire.
St Mary's Abbey precinct walls is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004920. View the official record →
St Mary's Abbey precinct walls are the surviving stone boundaries of a major Benedictine monastery founded in York in 1088. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004920.
St Mary's Abbey precinct walls is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004920.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate (0.3 km), South angle tower of Roman fortress (0.6 km), Merchant's Hall, Fossgate (0.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Mary's Abbey precinct walls's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
St Mary's Abbey precinct walls stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.