2014

SE6052 : The seated figure, York Minster #1

taken 10 years ago, near to York, England

The seated figure, York Minster #1
The seated figure, York Minster #1
An unrecognizable stone figure, that had decayed over hundreds of years, has been replaced, but with no records to identify it, archaeologists, historians, academics and clergy spent months researching the figure, and finally agreed on St Peter, which is the formal title of the Minster, ‘ The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York’.
Now completed and in place, the full size seated figure of St Peter will look out over the city from the pinnacle of the Great East Window. However, with scaffolding due to remain in place around the East End until the window is re-installed in 2016, it will remain largely under wraps until then.
The BBC screened ‘The Minster’, a documentary which covered the statue from its conception to its placement, first shown in May 2014.

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Photographer
Mike Kirby   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 2 July, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 10 July, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 603 522 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:57.7799N 1:4.8893W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 603 522
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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