St Michael Le Belfrey
Tudor Gothic parish church beside the cathedral, with medieval glass and a famous baptismal record.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to St Michael le Belfrey in York begins with a baby carried to its font in April 1570, a boy named Guy Fawkes. It follows his family of Minster lawyers and churchmen, a church raised in the very years Henry VIII broke with Rome, and a household that changed when he was still a child. Stand on High Petergate facing the west front, with the Minster at your shoulder.
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