York, N Yorkshire - Minster on fire in 1984 - postcard c.1990s

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• Picture / Image:  York Minster in flames on 9 July 1984
• Publisher: Dean and Chapter of York
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^{The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York.[3] It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title.[4] Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.[5]}

^{The minster, devoted to Saint Peter, has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothicquire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high.[6] The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.}

^{1984 fire}

^{On 9 July 1984, York Minster suffered a serious fire in its south transept during the early morning hours.[15] Firefighters made a decision to deliberately collapse the roof of the South Transept by pouring tens of thousands of gallons of water onto it, in order to save the rest of the building from destruction.[16] A total of 114 firefighters from across North Yorkshire responded to the fire and contained it,[15] while York Minster's staff and clergy rushed to preserve historical objects in the building.[15] The glass of the South Transept rose window was shattered by the heat but the lead held it together, allowing it to be taken down for restoration.[17][16] A subsequent investigation found an 80% chance that the fire was caused by a lightning strike to a metal electrical box atop the roof, a 10% chance that the fire was caused by arson, and a 10% chance that the fire was caused by an electrical fault.[15] Some traditionalist Anglicans suggested the fire was a sign of divine displeasure at the recent consecration as Bishop of Durham of David Jenkins, whose views they considered heterodox.[18]}

^{A £2.5 million repair and restoration project was completed in 1988 at a cost of £2.25 million,[15] and included new roof bosses to designs which had won a competition put on by BBC Television's Blue Peter programme for children.[16]}