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	All Saints, Pavement High Ousegate YO1 8RZ York United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	All Saints, Pavement
Geogr. Coordinates:	53.9582° N, 1.0807° W
Reference year:	1350
Architectural style:	Gothic
Building type:	Basilica
Description:	Three-aisled basilica in the Gothic style with a tower over the west end
Name derivation:	From the entirety of the Christian saints


Pulpit	Hexagonal pulpit (1634) with panelled sides and carved inscriptions
Organ	Built in 1965 by Wood Wordworth, Leeds; 56 stops on three manuals and pedal
Windows	West window containing scenes from the passion of Christ (1370), originally from St Saviour's church, restored by the Minster glaziers and installed in 1957 City of York Afghanistan Commemorative Window (Helen Whittaker, 2015)

History:

685:	Legendary construction of the first church by St Cuthbert
10th cent.:	First evidence of a church at the site
1086:	Church recorded in Domesday Book
14th cent.:	Completely rebuilt to a semi-cruciform plan with the transept not extending beyond the side aisles
About 1400:	Addition of the tower with its octagonal lantern
About 1443:	Clerestory added to the nave
1782:	Dilapidated chancel demolished, chancel moved to site of former crossing
1837:	Completion of two-year restoration period
1887:	East end remodelled to a design by George Street

Sources

All Saints Pavement Church: The Parish and Guild Church of All Saints Pavement, York – Church Guide (information leaflet)

British Institute of Organ Studies, M. D. Sayers: Yorkshire York, All Saints Pavement, (Regimental Ch. of Royal Dragoon Guards), High Ousegate [N04065], British Institute of Organ Studies, https://www.npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N04065, retrieved 04/01/2023