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Key Image All Saints, Pavement
High Ousegate
YO1 8RZ York
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: All Saints, Pavement
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.9582° N, 1.0807° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1350
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Three-aisled basilica in the Gothic style with a tower over the west end
Name derivation: From the entirety of the Christian saints
Pulpit
  • Hexagonal pulpit (1634) with panelled sides and carved inscriptions
Organ
  • Built in 1965 by Wood Wordworth, Leeds; 56 stops on three manuals and pedal
Windows
  • West window containing scenes from the passion of Christ (1370), originally from St Saviour's church, restored by the Minster glaziers and installed in 1957
  • City of York Afghanistan Commemorative Window (Helen Whittaker, 2015)
History:
685:   Legendary construction of the first church by St Cuthbert
10th cent.:   First evidence of a church at the site
1086:   Church recorded in Domesday Book
14th cent.:   Completely rebuilt to a semi-cruciform plan with the transept not extending beyond the side aisles
About 1400:   Addition of the tower with its octagonal lantern
About 1443:   Clerestory added to the nave
1782:   Dilapidated chancel demolished, chancel moved to site of former crossing
1837:   Completion of two-year restoration period
1887:   East end remodelled to a design by George Street
Sources
All Saints Pavement Church: The Parish and Guild Church of All Saints Pavement, York – Church Guide (information leaflet)
British Institute of Organ Studies, M. D. Sayers: Yorkshire York, All Saints Pavement, (Regimental Ch. of Royal Dragoon Guards), High Ousegate [N04065], British Institute of Organ Studies, https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N04065, retrieved 04/01/2023
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