News

November 7, 2020

‘Two Churches One Town’ receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund

St Mary’s church and the Minster in Beverley are two of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the […]
December 12, 2020

Re-leading of Nave Roof – Update

Work is well underway with the renewal of the lead on the eastern end of the Nave. Scaffolding is being erected on both sides of the Minster […]
March 20, 2021

Two Churches One Town gives green light for the phase 2 restoration of Minster nave roof

Skilled contractors have been given the go-ahead to start the restoration of the second half of Beverley Minster’s nave roof. Work is in progress to move […]
May 22, 2021

Minster clock re-gilding

[Photo: Steve Rial] Early in June the Cumbria Clock Company will be starting work to restore the clock face. The Friends approved spending on this some […]
July 28, 2021

Renovation complete

Photo: Marking the completion of the renovation work are, from left, Pete Ashcroft, project manager for East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Roger Lewis, chair of Friends […]
September 20, 2021

Official opening

On Sunday 12 September we welcomed the Mayor of Beverley, Cllr. Linda Johnson, to formally open the new Sanctuary exhibition in the North Transept in the […]
December 19, 2021

Christmas Tree Competition

Visitors to the Christmas Tree Festival were invited to vote for their favourite tree. The results have been announced in two categories: Best tree decorations by […]
February 7, 2022

Sanctuary Blog

18.11.22 Well, we always knew that this project would have to conclude at some point but neither of us knew 18 months ago just how very […]
March 11, 2022

Sanctuary resources for schools

Anna and Cathy, our Learning and Engagement Officers for the Sanctuary Project, have added a new resource for Primary Schools. We realise that whilst schools would […]