Sounds of York Minster

York Minster

Advantages: Size And Amazing Architecture
Disadvantages: Foundations where a bit scary for me

the air quality down there who knows?). Although we always visit the Minster when in York. I have never been down in the foundations again, might be brave enough on our next visit. I love the sound of the minster bells ringing. We were there once at christmas time and it was magical walking by the Minster at night time when the bells were ringing out Christmas carols. Also recently we have started to stay at the Guy Fawkes Inn which is a few feet away from the Minster and although not to everybodys taste you can hear the Minsters bells very loudly and clearly from here which I thought was great. If visiting the Minster you should be aware that the Minster is still a place of worship and sometimes when we have visited access to some areas has been restricted whilst services are taking place. Anybody is welcome to join in any of the daily ...

debmercury 12.04.2008 (26.04.2008) · Read full review
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Review of York Minster, York

York's magnificent Minster

Advantages: Lots of history
Disadvantages: Admission charges

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 here is so flat it can be seen from many miles around. Dating from 1220 York Minster has the official title of The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York. It ...

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York Minster-the heart and soul of York

Advantages: magnificent architecture reflecting over a thousand years of history and religion.
Disadvantages: none that I can see.

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 Northern Europe's largest remaining medieval church, also one of the world's great masterpieces in design and construction. Back in AD 627 York's first Minster was built to christen the Anglo Saxon King, Edwin of Northumbria. It was originally a small wooden church, and then later rebuilt to be a bigger stone one. However it was badly damaged by fire in the year 1069 during the Norman period. Around the year 1080 Normans started building a cathedral, which was completed 20 years later. It was built on the very site of the Saxon church. Incidentally near this place Constantine the Great was proclaimed ...

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Review of York Minster, York