York Minster Cathedral Research Paper

The York Minster Cathedral is an inspiring place of worship for pilgrims traveling in England and the rest of Europe. York Minster Cathedral was built to replace an earlier cathedral which had burned to the ground. When Walter de Gray became archbishop in 1215 he ordered the construction of a Gothic structure to compare to Canterbury; construction began in 1220. The north and south transepts were the first new structures completed in the 1250s. A substantial central tower was also completed, with a wooden spire. The Chapter House was begun in the 1260s and was completed before 1296. In the 1280s, the wide nave was constructed on the foundations of the old, Norman-style cathedral, which had been burned. The outer roof was completed in the 1330s,