the Gardens of the Philosophical Society, in which stand the beautiful fragments of that once powerful and noble monastery of St. Mary's. Here we must leave the venerable pile in the evening of its glory." See also Grade I listed churches in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of York History of York List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England York City Walls York Museum Gardens References External links History of York: St Mary's Abbey The Yorkshire Museum and Gardens website Monasteries in North Yorkshire Mary's Abbey York, St Mary's Abbey 1055 establishments in England 1539 disestablishments in England Christian monasteries established in the 11th century Benedictine monasteries in England 11th-century establishments in England Ruined abbeys and monasteries Church ruins in England Mary's Abbey Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation William II of England