St Mary’s Lodge
Built in 1470, the lodge, next to St Olave’s Church, was the main entrance into the abbey. It was here that abbey guests would rest and where the poor could …
St Mary’s Abbey walls
The walls along Marygate were built in 1266 as part of the defences for St Mary’s abbey, covering more than four hundred and fifty meters in total. The walls that stretch …
Galmanho
Galmanho was the name give to a settlement just outside York’s walls in the Marygate area. Earl Siward of Northumbria, who founded the nearby church dedicated to St Olaf, is …