Beverley Minster
| Beverley Minster | |
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West Towers
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | beverleyminster.org |
| History | |
| Dedication | St John and St Martin |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Jeremy Fletcher |
| Curate(s) | Gareth Atha |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Robert Poyser |
Coordinates: 53°50′21″N 0°25′29″W / 53.83917°N 0.42472°W
Beverley Minster in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one third of all English cathedrals and regarded as a gothic masterpiece by many.
Originally a collegiate church, it was not selected as a bishop's seat during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; nevertheless it survived as a parish church and the chapter house was the only major part of the building to be lost. It is part of the Greater Churches Group and a Grade I listed building. Every year it hosts events in association with local schools, including the Beverley Minster Primary School Nativity Performance and the Beverley Grammar School Speech Night.
The minster owes its origin and much of its subsequent importance to Saint John of Beverley, who founded a monastery locally around 700 AD and whose bones still lie beneath a plaque in the nave. The institution grew after his death and underwent several rebuildings. After a serious fire in 1188, the subsequent reconstruction was overambitious; the newly heightened central tower collapsed c. 1213 bringing down much of the surrounding church. Work on the present structure began around 1220.
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