Skip to main content Skip to Search Box

York Minster

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Cathedral in York , England. It is the cathedral and metropolitan church of St Peter, and one of the most famous of Europe's Gothic buildings. The first church on this site dated from the 7th century; parts of the present cathedral date from the 12th century, and its present form was established by the 15th century. The south transept was severely damaged by fire in 1984, but has been restored. History Two churches were built on the site in the 7th century and are mentioned by Bede. The first was a tiny wooden church dedicated to St Peter, and erected for the baptism of Edwin in 627. The second was of stone and was finished in 642. In the 8th century Bishops Egbert and Albert, together with Alcuin, collected a great library for the cathedral school. When William I besieged York the existing church was severely damaged, and what was left of the library was completely destroyed. In 1070 the first Norman archbishop of York, Thomas of Bayeux, first repaired and then rebuilt the Minster; …
711 results

Full text Article York Minster

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Cathedral in York , England. It is the cathedral and metropolitan church of St Peter, and one of the most famous of Europe's Gothic buildings. The first church on this site dated from the 7th century; parts of the present cathedral date from the 12th century, and its present form was established by…
| 759 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article York Minster

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
York Minster
| 57 words , 1 image
Key concepts:
Portrait of Edward I, from the Chapter House, York Minster (stained glass)
| 67 words , 1 image
Key concepts:
Nave of the cathedral of St Peter or York Minster (1291-1345), York, England, United Kingdom
| 50 words , 1 image
Key concepts:

Full text Article York

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Cathedral and industrial city and administrative headquarters of York unitary authority in northern England, on the River Ouse; population (2001) 137,500. It was the administrative headquarters of the county of North Yorkshire until 1996. Industries include tourism and the manufacture of scientific…
| 1,491 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article Early English

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In architecture, the first of the three periods of the English Gothic style, late 12th century to late 13th century. It is characterized by tall, elongated windows (lancets) without mullions (horizontal bars), often grouped in threes, fives, or sevens; the pointed arch; pillars of stone centres…
| 158 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article Scrope, Richard.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
( c. 1350–1405). Archbishop of York. The third son of Henry, Lord Scrope of Masham, Scrope was chancellor of Cambridge University in 1378 and a doctor of laws. From 1381 he was an auditor at the papal court until the pope appointed him to the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield in 1386. After some…
| 166 words

Full text Article Tadcaster

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘Tada's Roman fort’, OE male personal name Tada + ceaster ( see CHESTER ). A market town on the River WHARFE , North Yorkshire, 15 km (9 miles) southwest of York. The Romans called it Calcaria (‘limestone place’), and stone quarried here was used to build the Roman fort at York and York Minster. …
| 163 words
Key concepts:
s of Arthur Neville Collier (d 1990), of Hull, and Joan Audrey, née Brewer b. 1 June 1948 Hymers Coll Hull, Selwyn Coll Cambridge (MA) 1972, Susan Margaret, da of John Williamson; 2 s (Andrew James Neville b 6 Sept 1975, Richard John Stephen b 13 Sept 1978) called to the Bar Inner Temple 1970…
| 156 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article York

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Unitary authority in northeast England created in 1996 from part of the county of North Yorkshire. Area 271 sq km/105 sq mi Towns York (administrative headquarters) Features River Ouse; River Fosse; York Minster –largest medieval cathedral in England, with 15th-century stained glass; York Castle and…
| 103 words
Key concepts:
Mind Map

Stack overflow
More Library Resources