St Peter |
York Minster's official name is the Metropolitical Church of St Peter. It is both a cathedral (a church with a bishop's or archbishop's throne) and a minster (a centre of Christian teaching or ministering). It is the mother church of the Northern Province of the Church of England, with the Archbishop of York as its Primate, just as Canterbury is the mother church of the Southern Province. York Minster is the largest Gothic church in England: 524 feet (160m) long and 249 feet (76m) wide across the transepts. The height from floor to vault is over 90 feet (27m).The twin west towers are about 184 feet (56m) high, and the lantern tower 234 feet (71m). (Taken from the 1972 Official Guide to York, 2nd edition.) |
Organist:
Organist and Master of the Music: Philip Moore (1982)
Assistant:
John Scott Whiteley (1975)
Organ:
Hill/Walker, rebuilt by Geoffrey Coffin in 1992.
4 manuals. Sited on the Screen.
Choir:
20 boys + 4 probationers (choir school), 4A 4T 4B.
There is also a girls' choir.
Services:
Evensong on Mon (men), Tue, Thu, Fri at 5pm, and Sat at 4pm
Sunday: 10:00 Eucharist, 11:30 Mattins, 4:00 Evensong.
Telephone: 01904 624426
Recordings:
Priory
Other
Information:
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Previous
Organists:
Edward Bairstow (1913-1946)
Francis Jackson (1946-1982)
West rose window
^ Nave ceiling ^
^ Central lantern tower ceiling ^
^ The nave, organ, screen and quire looking east ^
^ Detail of the southern half of the quire screen ^
^ View from the SW ^
^ Nave, organ nave console and N transept ^
^ West front ... under repair ^
