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St. Leonard's Hospital Ruins

Yorkshire And The Humber

York

St. Leonard's Hospital Ruins

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St. Leonard's Hospital Ruins

Name: St. Leonard's Hospital Ruins
Rating: 2

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Location: York, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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David

October 11, 2025

great to stop and read

RichD

June 2, 2025

Founded soon after the Norman Conquest, St. Leonard's was believed to be the largest medieval hospital in the north of England. The hospital also fed the poor and the condemned, providing meals for the prisoners in York Castle. Remains of the hospital’s undercroft, next to York Central Library, can be accessed from the Museum Gardens, to the right of the Museum Street entrance, and contains some of the museum’s Roman and medieval stonework collections.

The hospital was erected on the site of the former hospital St. Peters – founded by King Aethelstan – which was severely damaged in a fire in c.1100. It was closely associated with the Minster and was a self-sufficient building until the Reformation resulted in the religious aspects of hospitals being victimised and consequently St. Leonard's was largely destroyed. This left York without a hospital from the time of Henry VIII to 1740.

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Elevation 20 m

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