History

The minster was built in 1220 by Archbishop Walter de gray!

 * __By Olivia__**

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The minster was first made in 1066. It took 250 years to build __after it was demolished__ because the black death was affecting all of the workers. It was made of limestone. In 1069 some Anglo Saxons severely damaged the minster, the aftermath of the Normans conquest. Thomas of Bayeux tried to repair it but Danish soldiers came to destroy the minster again. By that time it was completely demolished and wasn't repairable without other workers. Walter Grey became archbishop of the minster and tried to reconstruct it but he failed and only managed to finish the south and north transept in Gothic style. Finally, it was rebuilt, but not in the right location because the Danish had demolished it and wasn't able to see. The transepts were built first. In 1829 Jonathon Martin started a fire on purpose in the North transept. In 1984 Mrs King was in her house and saw the church was on fire because lightning struck it!======

**__By KIRAN__**
The York Minster is the largest authentic gothic Church in Northern Europe. York's original (Anglo Saxon) Minster was severely damaged in 1069 during the aftermath of the Norman Conquest. The new Norman Archbishop (Thomas of Bayeux) tried to repair it, but a Danish rade in 1075 seems to have destroyed it completely. The exact site of this building is unknown. In about 1080, Thomas started building on the present site. His foundations survived below our later Cathedral, so we have a good idea of its size and shape. It was built in the Norman style with round-topped arches, windows and doors. This building was enlarged by a later Archbishop Rodger of Pont I' Eveque, but it was still quite different from the Church today.
 * __By Edward__**

The York Minster set fire in july 1984 the fire took place in the south transept. The first Minster was built in > **
 * AD 627
 * AD 640
 * AD 1080 - 1100
 * AD 1220 - 1472.
 * And now what it looks like today**.

__**By Alex**__

**__The Fire at York Minster__** On Monday 9th July 1984, at 2:30 in the morning, the fire alarm sounded in the Minster and York fire station. A bolt of lightening has started a fire in the Minster. The fire fighters were quickly on the scene but in just one hour the medieval roof of the South Transept had burnt away.

It took four years to rebuild and restore that part of the Minster. On the ceiling there are now 6 modern bosses representing key events of the 20th Century. They were designed by children as a result of a competition by the BBC TV programme Blue Peter. Mrs McKenna remembers watching the episode of Blue Peter when they announced the winners and the bosses were made.
 * By Mrs McKenna**

There has been many churches built and destroyed on the Minster site since 627. In 1215 Walter De Grey was made Archbishop and ordered the construction of the Gothic building to compare with the one in Canterbury, England. The Minster is a Gothic building with a cruciform floor plan built between 1220-1472. The Minster was made from magnesium limestone quaried locally near Tadcaster. The building is 158m long and has three towers 60m high. The two west towers hold bells and clock chimes, the northwest tower holds the bell named Great Peter which weighs 10.8 tonnes.

__The cruciform floor plan.__



__One of the Minster bells.


 * By Joe**__

Excavations in the 1960s found St William of York's coffin. It is unlikely that the Nave was much used for servces in the middle ages.
 * __Alina__

//The minster was first built in the 7th century and it didn't look like it dose today, at first the minster looked just like an old wooden church until the 11th century!!!// //__BY RYAN__//**

__This is a list of people that has been married:__ Alexander II of Scotland to Henry III of England's sister in 1220 Alexander III of Scotland to Henry III of England's daughter in 1251 Edward to III to Philipa of Hainault in 1328 HRH the duke of Kent to Kathrine Worsley in 1961. The York minster was used to be called 'the york Cathedral'.
 * BY RYUTO

The minster was suverely damaged in 1069, during the after math of the norman conquest. The new norman archbishtop (thomas of bayeux) tried to repair it,but a danish raid in 1075 seems to have destroyed it copletly. By Euan**

In 1967 the central tower was in danger of collapsing. A huge programme of underpinning the building was embarked upon, as a result of which there were major achaeological excavations.These excavations revealed the remains of the Roman princable where Emperor Constantine may have been proclaimed Emperor in AD 306.


 * __By Isobel__

There were excavations underneath the minster and Mrs. King's grandad ** guarded them. By Naomi