The Great Peter Bell at York Minster will toll for an hour before the Duke of Edinburgh s funeral on Saturday afternoon
YORK Minster’s Great Peter Bell will toll for an hour on Saturday before the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh - and the cathedral will hold a service of commemoration next week. The Minster has today announced details of its plans for further services of commemoration and thanksgiving for the life of Prince Philip. It said that at 5.30pm on Friday,on the eve of Saturday s funeral, there will be a choral evensong in thanksgiving, led by the Songmen and Choral Scholars of York Minster with music by Francis Jackson, Herbert Howells, David Halls and Charles Wood.
Revellers outside York Minster on a previous New Year Picture: David Harrison THE bells of York Minster will not chime in the New Year on December 31 in a bid to stop large crowds gathering to mark the start of 2021. For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, the cathedral s bells will stay silent at the start of next year with the hope that Duncombe Place and the surrounding streets will not become a focal point for revellers, as is traditionally the case. The announcement from the cathedral authorities reinforces City of York Council s strategy to prevent gatherings and maintain physical distancing in order to control the spread of the Covid-19 infection in the city of York and the wider region.
Revellers outside York Minster on a previous New Year Picture: David Harrison THE bells of York Minster will not chime in the New Year on December 31 in a bid to stop large crowds gathering to mark the start of 2021. For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, the cathedral s bells will stay silent at the start of next year with the hope that Duncombe Place and the surrounding streets will not become a focal point for revellers, as is traditionally the case. The announcement from the cathedral authorities reinforces City of York Council s strategy to prevent gatherings and maintain physical distancing in order to control the spread of the Covid-19 infection in the city of York and the wider region.