St. Mary's Abbey, York - Robin Hood Locations (sitios de interés)

The ruins of a once-great Benedictine abbey. In the early ballad, A Gest of Robyn Hode, Robin helps a knight repay a loan to the greedy abbot. Later in the same ballad, Robin robs the monks and cellarer of this abbey. In the Elizabethan plays by Anthony Munday, the prior of this abbey is Robin's uncle and betrays the hero. In some modern versions, the abbot (although sometimes the abbey has been relocated to Nottinghamshire) is the Sheriff of Nottingham's brother.