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For a small fee you can climb the tower of the Minster and enjoy the view of York
 * __By Olivers Dad.__**

The Minster is one of two catherdrals in the worlds to have its own Civil Police force no matter what time of day or night, there are at least two policemen on duty, keeping both the minster and its visitors safe.
 * __By Olivia__**

St william of york was buried in the crypt in york minster. The west window was painted by Richard Kelebarn between 1338 and 1339. Minster means missionary church.
 * __By Samantha__

Vestments choir dress. Cassock - a black coat Suplice - a white linentunic with wide sleeves. Scarf - a black strip of silk. Preaching bands - two white bands to show that the wearer is a preacher. Hood - this shows that the wearer has an academis qualification. __By Alex__

The Minster was made around 1066,it got set on fire in 1984(July).There is 14 bells in the Minster,and there is lots of ghost stories about it as well.A quire sings there some times. ** __**No Name**

Do you know how heavy the heaviest ringing bell is?__ The Minster has its own ringers my step dad is one of them.They go every Sunday. The Minster has 14 bells. Rupert teaches me to ring every other Sunday.The Minster even has its own police force. Mrs Kings Grandad is one of them.The Heaviest bell is 10 tons or 16cwt.The lightest bell is 8cwt.The heaviest Ringing bell is 3 tons or 60 cwt.1 cwt is 8 stone! The heaviest ringing bell is 96 times me! __Do you know how old the minsters bells are?__ All the ringing bells where cast in 1925 by a company John Taylor of Loughborough which is near Leicester.There are other bells in the minster as well such as the 6 clock bells which were cast in 2000.There are the 23 chiming bells which include the carillon bells. The Carillon bells where cast in around 2008. The Minster has more bell metal than any where in the U.K.The Minster bells are considered the best cast bells in the world. __Do the ringers enjoy it?__ The ringers practice every Sunday and Tuesday.
 * __By Tom__**

The present Archbishop is called Sentamu and he is the first African Archbishop of York. He comes from a small village, near a city called Kampala in Uganda. He was born in 1949 and was 6th of 13 children. **by Leon**

__Minster or Cathedral? Whats the difference?__ A cathedral church is the mother church of the diocese. It's where the bishop has his seat or cathedra. York Minster is the cathedral church for the Diocese of York. A mynster was the Anglo Saxon name for a missionary church- a church built as a new centre for Christian worship. Thats why the Minster was first built in 627AD. Not all cathedrals are minsters,not all minsters are cathedrals. But York Minster is both! **By Nicholas

__The York Minster is:__ 500 to 800 years old 156 meters long 26 meters high from floor to vault 55 meters is the height of the west towers The central tower is 60 meters high The weight of the central tower is 16'000 tonnes The Internal floor area is 5343 meters square Total capacity of the York minster is 17'000'000 cubic meters. BY RYUTO

The Minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second highest position in the church of England. John Sentamu is the 97th Archbishop of York he was enthroned at York Minster on 30th of November 2005. In the East End of the Minster is the High Alter this is where you will find the throne for the Archbishop of York. ** By Fergus

The Minster was made around 1066. It got set on fire in 1984 (July). 14 bells are in the Minster. There are a lot of ghost stories about the Minster. Dean Gale and a barking dog are two of them. A choir sings there sometimes. They have a Belltower,Cript and a rose window. In the Cript they have a lot of coffins. You can find a bible in the Minster.
 * //__BY LUCAS__//**

On the 9th July 1984 the Minster set on fire. It started in the roof. It destroyed most of the south transept including the Rose Window

__BY LAUREN__