York Minster Cathedral

As the King George VI said "The history of York is the history of England. I don't know how right he was, but I would like to say the history of York Minster is the history of York indeed. General information York Minster is Europe's largest remaining medieval church, also the world's great masterpiece in design and construction of an exquisite church. Back to AD 627 York's first Minster was built to christen the present Anglo Saxon King, Edwin of Northumbria. It was originally a small wooden church, and then rebuilt to be a bigger stone one later. However it was badly damaged by fire in the year 1069 of the Normans region period of ...  Read the complete review

York Minster is a Christian church in York. It was at one point a Catholic church, but became part of the Church of England after Henry VIII broke away from the church way back in 1534. As well as being a tourist attraction this is also a working church with regular Christian masses, it is also a Cathedral, which means it is the seat of the bishops for the York Diocese. However, you don't have to be a Christian or attend mass to visit and enjoy the Minster. You can visit just to take in the magnificence of the building. == Opening Times and Prices == Taken from the website for ease. Monday - Saturday: open 9.00am ...  Read the complete review

Churches come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes, but they don't come much bigger than York Minster. York Minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, which is the second most prominent seat within the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is therefore not too surprising to find that the Archbishop of York's official seat is very grand, in fact York Minster is the second largest Gothic Cathedral in Europe, and only the magnificent Kölner Dom, known as Cologne Cathedral to us Brits is bigger. Anyone that has been to the historic city of York can not have failed to see its Minster, it dominates and the town and as the land around ...  Read the complete review

I love york and whenever possible go for a weekend. Whilst there I always visit York Minster. The first thing that strikes you is the size of it and the fabulous architecture (it's over 500 feet wide and has a central tower almost 200 feet high). Visitors come from all over the world to admire York Minster Cathedral. Whilst you are looking around the Minster bear in mind it took over 250 years to complete and the only devices they had then were simple levers, pulleys and hoists. Lots of Masons and Carpenters spent their entire working lives just helping to construct York Minster. Some of the features of the Minster: The ...  Read the complete review

Towering over the north Yorkshire city of York, seen for miles around, is the magnificent York Minster. This cathedral is still as beautiful as ever, despite a fire destroying part of it over 20 years ago. The restoration project is ongoing to prevent the Minster decaying further and an admission charge was introduced fairly recently to help this cause. The cost as in August 2006 is around £4.00 per person, less for concessions. Step inside and admire the vaulted roof, the stained glass windows and the general peace and calmness in this inspirational building. There are guides available to explain things and guidebooks will of course ...  Read the complete review