Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, is graced by both four- and five-star parish churches. Beverly Minster had its origins in a monastery founded in the 8th century by St. John of Beverley. After he was canonized, in the 11th, a collegiate church came about, in part to accommodate pilgrims to his burial site. That church burned down in 1188, necessitating a new, grander collegiate church. This is the Minster that has come down to us today, another parish church of nearly cathedral dimensions, this time in very largely Decorated style (think: Flamboyant). There were many items of note, but the sculptural program within, particularly the images of musicians (Beverley apparently was a guild center for musicians), and a very rare Green Woman, interested us most.
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| Huge west window |
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| Nave |
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| Elevation |
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| Vaulting |
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| Snake charmer |
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| Let the music begin... |
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| Most of these along the north wall of the nave |
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| Beverley is sometimes the stunt-double for Westminster Abbey |
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| Largest and fanciest of all church gift shoppes we have seen; alas, closed on Sundays |
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| Helpful floor plan |
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| In chancel |
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| More beautiful carving in the quire; including 68 misericords |
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| Thus |
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| More music |
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| Abaft the beam |
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| Our Founder |
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| Green Man |
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| Green Woman; extraordinarily rare |
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| And the band played on |
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| Decorated... |
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| We did the Sunday carvery here; not memorable |
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