Destruction of the Monasteries


 A portion of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, York, founded in 1155 and destroyed circa 1539



800px-Fountains_Abbey-Ruins of Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire



aerial_photo_of_Bolton_Abbey-Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, surviving parochial nave and ruined monastic choir


Ballintubber_Abbey_East_Range_-Ballintubber Abbey, An Augustinian priory founded in the 13th century, suppressed in 1603 and burned in 1653

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