Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.
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Sunday 26 January 2014

Beverley Minster.


Magnificent photographs 
of a magnificent Minster.


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Beverley Minster,
Beverley, Yorkshire.
Photo: ANDY MARSHALL


Beverley Minster, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a Parish Church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest Parish Churches in the U.K, larger than one-third of all English Cathedrals and regarded as a Gothic masterpiece by many.

Originally a Collegiate Church, it was not selected as a Bishop's Seat during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; nevertheless, it survived as a Parish Church and the Chapter House was the only major part of the building to be lost. It is part of the Greater Churches Group and a Grade I Listed Building.


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Beverley Minster,
Beverley, Yorkshire.
Photo: ANDY MARSHALL


The Minster owes its origin, and much of its subsequent importance, to Saint John of Beverley, who founded a Monastery, locally, around 700 A.D., and whose bones still lie beneath a plaque in the Nave. The Institution grew after his death and underwent several re-buildings. After a serious fire in 1188, the subsequent reconstruction was over-ambitious; the newly-heightened Central Tower collapsed circa 1213, bringing down much of the surrounding Church. Work on the present structure began around 1220.


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West Towers of Beverley Minster, 
Photo: 10 June 2002.
Source: From geograph.org.uk.
Author: Graham Hermon.
(Wikimedia Commons)


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