The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England. York Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe. It is famous for its incredible gothic architecture, with work starting in the 1200s and not finishing until the 1470s. Although it is by definition a cathedral, as it is the site of a bishop’s throne, the word ‘cathedral’ did not come into use until the Norman Conquest. The word ‘minster’ was what Anglo-Saxons named their important churches.