York Minster

Some work funded by the Friends

Re-ordering of the Nave, with the provision of a new altar on a movable platform, new vestments and altar cloths;

Set of Millennium Silver, which marked the final phase of previous grant, which includes the silver cross and candlesticks on the altar, in daily use in the Minster, the processional cross and taper holders and communion silver £106,400;

Set of three exquisitely embroidered processional banners representing the Creation, the Redemption and the Sustaining Power of the Holy Spirit £101,400;

Endowment for Chorister Scholarship £167,000;

Refurbishment of the Undercroft from 2002-7 £60,000;

Portable Font £20,500;

A courtyard model of the Mason’s Lodge for the Centre for Schools Visits, demonstrating the work of the mediaeval stonemasons £9,000;

Wheelchairs £1,600;

Information Desk in the Nave £6,400;

Various grants to the Minster Library, including the conservation work over a number of years of the Torr Manuscripts, unique ecclesiastical manuscripts relating to York, written by James Torr (1649-1699);

Stacking chairs in constant use in the Minster £30,000.