Pic spam and Birthday greetings.

[curiouswombat]

Happy Birthday to wisemack.

Under the cut are some nicely historic pictures of York, which I know you will appreciate!


In the centre of the city of York are The Museum Gardens - a public green space, one of a good number in the city.




The Museum Gardens date back to the 1830s. They contain the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, first built in 1088, all that remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England - 'dissolved' when King Henry VIII banned all monasteries in England in 1530s. The monks at St Mary's were pensioned off in 1540 and the abbey buildings were converted into a palace for the King when he visited York(!).

Gradually they fell into ruins so that now they make a romantic setting for familt outings and picnics if my walks through the gardens are anything to go by.





The hospitium remains in one piece - this is where the monks offered hospitality to visitors -


I was most amused to see that these days you can hire the Hospitium for 'Weddings, Family parties and Hog Roasts'!!

Much to my amusement and pleasure the Museum gardens are home to squirrels -





We have no squirrels on the Isle of Man so to me they are cute and unusual!

Comments

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pictures of York. No squirrels on the Isle of Man, how unusual. I wonder why or how that happened. What kind of rodents do you have?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

We have mice and rats, polecats, pinemartens, and hedgehogs. We don't have badgers, or voles, or squirrels.

We are big on birds though.