York Minster stands on ground with a longer memory than most. The Romans built their basilica here, and you can still see its remains in the undercroft below your feet. Christianity arrived in 627 AD as a small wooden chapel, raised for the baptism of a Northumbrian king. The Gothic cathedral you see now took 242 years to build, finishing in 1472, and its central tower has already collapsed once and nearly brought the whole thing down a second time.

Outside the south entrance, the statue of Constantine marks the spot where soldiers proclaimed him emperor in 306 AD. He went on to move the capital of the Roman empire to Constantinople and become the first emperor to convert to Christianity, which is why it feels faintly fitting that his memorial stands beside a cathedral.

VoiceMap's York tours trace the Minster's Roman foundations, its haunted reputation, and its role at the centre of the city's history, from Archbishop Le Scrope's execution to a man who nearly burned the place down in 1829.