Now, a team from York Archaeological Trust working in a pit below the Minster say they have made priceless finds, including evidence of a local mint ... save the central tower, and the team ...

Thirty years on, witnesses clearly remember the devastation caused by a lightning bolt which set fire to York Minster's south transept ... through to the central tower." It became clear the ...

Sarah Brown of English Heritage - whose York Minster, An Architectural ... Then, in 1407, disaster struck. The Minster's central tower, built in the 13th century and described as "lofty and ...

York Minster has appointed a new head bell-ringer, eight months after the cathedral's entire volunteer ringing team was sacked. Angela Mitchell has been named as the new Head of Bell Tower.

Extreme weather from climate change, in particular rainfall, is now the "biggest threat" to York Minster, officials have said. It has led to the decay of its stone and movement in the Grade I ...

The South Transept of York Minster at the height of the blaze. More than 140 firemen fought for more than three hours to save the central tower. They were led by the Dean of York, Dr Ronald Jasper.

Some of these include Hull Minster, Lincoln Cathedral and York Minster. The name of St Mary le Tower will remain in this case, the church said. St Mary le Tower in the centre of Ipswich is a busy ...