Column from Roman headquarters building (4th century AD)
The birthplace of Guy Fawkes
York Minster
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Posted: September 7, 2018 in History, Roman History, UK, YorkTags: York, York Minster
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Posted: September 6, 2018 in History, Medieval History, Roman HistoryTags: Constantine the Great, York, York Minster
York Minster
The first recorded church on the site was in 627 in a record of the baptism of a King of Northumbria. This church was rebuilt and extended over the years but was finally destroyed by Danish raid in 1075. it was rebuilt in 1080 in the Norman style. The current Gothic cathedral was begun in 1220. Building continued over the next 250 years and it was eventually completed and consecrated in 1472.
Statue of Roman Emperor Constantine, who was proclaimed Emperor by the Army at York whilst he was commanding them in 306. The statue stands outside the Minster as a reminder that Constantine, as well as being proclaimed in York, was the Emperor who made Christianity an official religion in the Roman Empire.
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Posted: September 10, 2014 in History, Roman History, UK, YorkTags: York, York Minster
Roamn legion building mark – IX Hispania stationed at York after conquest of North
carving from exterior of York Minster
York Minster
