The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York is better known as York Minster. The word ‘minster’ is what Anglo-Saxons named their important churches. Built by the Normans over several centuries, on the site of an earlier Roman basilica and Anglo Saxon church, the present Norman building encompasses various stages of Gothic architectural development.

It is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe and contains some of the finest and most expansive stained glass windows anywhere in the world.