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St Michael Le Belfrey
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Temporary venue and office address: The De Grey Rooms, St Leonard's Place, York, YO1 7HB -
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9:00 am - 5:00 pm
York’s only church to have been constructed in the 16th century, St Michael-Le-Belfrey is famous for being the place where Guy Fawkes was baptised.
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About St Michael Le Belfrey
Built between 1525 and 1537, St Michael-Le-Belfrey is the city’s largest pre-Reformation parish church.
The church is believed to have been named after a much older one on the same site, which had a bell tower, or the Minster belfry nearby.
St Michael’s houses one of the biggest collections of mid-16th century glass in the country.
Much earlier examples of glass survive in the East Window of the church from around 1330.
Also, inside is a depiction of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights from Henry II’s household, extremely rare.
Guy Fawkes, who participated in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, was baptised in the church in April 1570, having been born nearby, most likely at a house on Stonegate.
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