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St. Maurice, just without Monk Bar, at the foot of Lord
Mayor's Walk, is built on the site of a very old church, has
accommodation for over 600 persons, and was opened in 1878.
It consists of nave, aisles, chancel, south transept, and lofty
tower, containing two bells. Early English in style, with
portions of Decorated. There is a large quantity of carving
on the capitals of the columns, bosses, pulpit, &c., and also
an elaborate reredos. An alms dish and altar cloth of the
time of Queen Mary may be seen in the vestry.
St. Michael-le-Belfry, High Petergate, close to the
south side of the Minster, derives its name from its contiguity
to the belfry of the Cathedral. Florid^ or Late Perpendicular^
of which it is a good example, erected 1545 : the west
front is well worth noticing. The church consists of nave,
with clerestory lights, aisles, vestry, and small octagonal
turret, containing one bell. The baptismal register of the
notorious ^'Guye Fauxe, 16 April, 1570" (as it is written in
Old English characters), is preserved here. On the wall at
the east end is a tablet to the memory of Thomas Gent, the
eccentric historian and printer, who is buried in this church.
The windows contain some rare specimens of .stained glass,
mostly of the time of Henry VIII. The reredos and communion
rails are very massive. Renaissance in design. A
sermon is preached annually in this church on Good Friday,
for the benefit of the Blue Coat Boys' and Grey Coat Girls^
Charity Schools.
St. Michael, corner of Spurriergate and Low Ousegate.
Early Perpendicular ; consists of nave, aisles, and tower, with
six bells. Some of the windows contain good specimens of
old stained glass. The reredos and communion rails are of
massive Renaissance design. This is one of the very few
churches in the kingdom in which the curfew bell is still
tolled (8 p.m.) daily; a bell is also rung at six o'clock every
morning in the week, except Sunday, immediately after
which another bell chimes the number of the day of the
month.
St. Olave, in Marygate, close to one of the entrances of
the Museum grounds. Florid, or Late Perpendicular ; has
nave, aisles, and tower, in which are six bells. This church
during the siege of York in 1644, the
was nearly destroyed
Parliamentarians having placed a battery of guns on the roof.