Built in the Perpendicular Gothic style, the east end of the Minster was begun in 1361, dominated by the Great East Window which rises high above the lady chapel.
When SE6052 : York. located at SE603520 is moved to this square, the story is that "Mad Alice" was hanged here in 1825, apparently only guilty of being 'mad'. The ghost of Alice reputedly drifts along the lane which once was named after her and features in the city's ghost tour industry.