York Minster

What can I say? The York Minster is the largest religious
building north of the Alps. No photo can convey its scale.
Above is a brass model in the yard outside the west doors 

Two towers

North side and crossing tower 

Nave; we toured on a Sunday afternoon, bells
peeling; later, I thought the giant organ, in a
choir rehearsal, was going to bring the whole
place down 

Nave from crossing

The east window facsimile...it is undergoing
renovation, and will be out of view for some
years; it is the largest there is, the size of a
tennis court 

West window, formerly largest, until the east 

window 

South window

South window rose

North window

Crossing ceiling

Choir

Love those Elizabethan memorials 

Roster of bishops, starting with Ebarius in 324 

Favorite window

And, if the sermon is boring, you can always review your
semaphor 

York minster/cathedral is 12th century, the largest north of the Alps, the most and best stained glass in England. We lingered. I went back the next day for pix. ("Minster" derives from "minister/missionary," connoting the church's very long history).