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 …
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 …
St Mary’s Abbey
Originally dedicated to St Olave in 1055, this Benedictine abbey was re-established shortly after William I’s ‘harrowing of the north.’ It became one of the richest abbeys in the country, …