Magnificent photographs
of a magnificent Minster.
Beverley Minster,
Beverley, Yorkshire.
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.
Beverley Minster,
Beverley, Yorkshire.
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.
West Towers of Beverley Minster,
Photo: 10 June 2002.
(Wikimedia Commons)
