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YORK MINSTER

I have visited York and its famous Minster several times across three visits to the United Kingdom. The last visit in 2014 was the first time I had a digital camera with me.

Guess which visit these pictures came from…

York Minster exterior
York Minster nave, looking towards the transept.
The nave, clearly showing the aisles.
Looking at the crossing and transept. The choir and organ are in the background.
The altar.
A memorial to Christopher Cradock, possibly the unluckiest admiral in the Royal Navy in the First World War. He was given orders to pursue two German heavy cruisers- Scharnhorst and Gneisenau– to the South Atlantic in 1914 with two very old and hopelessly outclassed antique cruisers under his command. Facing an impossible situation, he did his duty and took on the German ships. As we are looking at a memorial, I think you’re smart enough to guess the outcome of the battle that followed off Coronel. Reading the account of what happened to his ship, himself and his crew is the stuff of nightmares. The Admiralty should never have sent him on such a mission. It was practically an act of murder.
Lord Rockingham, combining the best of Georgian and classical fashions…
Do I really need to describe this one?
A wonderful display of high relief sculpture for the high born in history…
St. John and St. Cecilia
The dog was this figures best and most loyal friend
Tin templates for stonework restoration, to be preserved for future use.
Gargoyle 1
Gargoyle 2
Street artist at work outside the Minster