What's on
Sunday 19 May
Choral Eucharist (The Boy Choristers) »
Sunday 26 May
Sung Eucharist (No Choir) »
Sunday 2 June
Choral Eucharist (The Singing Men) »
Sunday 2 June
Service in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Elizabeth II »
Sunday 9 June
Choral Eucharist (The Boy Choristers) »
History
The Minster of St. Mary-the-Virgin is a Grade 1 Listed Building of unquestionable historic and architectural importance.
Its earliest origins can be placed more than a thousand years ago and throughout this long history, there can be traced a remarkable survival story, encountering the Civil and World War attacks and extensive restorations in the sixteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
On these pages you can read a detailed history of the Minster, find out about the bells and stained glass and take a virtual tour of the building.