York Minster has a peal of twelve, often regarded as ''the best peal of twelve in existence''. And frankly I cannot agree more! The bells here were cast in 1925 and have a grand, boomy and majestic tone to them. When I first heard them, they gave me goosebumps! I think this definitely top Redcliffe. The bells here go okay but do need pulling as they are quite heavy as expected for a 59cwt twelve! There is also a carillon, chime bells and Great Peter to top it off! So 56 bells in total!

York Minster is known as one of the largest places of worship in Northern Europe. The minster is also the seat of the Archbishop of York, which therefore makes it 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. It is administered by its Dean and chapter. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title; the word Metropolitical in the formal name refers to the Archbishop of York's role as the Metropolitan bishop of the Province of York. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.

The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter, and has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire 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. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.

Here is some ringing taken during our time there! Enjoy!

Tenor 59-1-23 in Bb

https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/11340