At York adult admission is £10 for the minster or £15 for the minster and tower.

Peanuts compared to what you get for your money. As I said earlier, if you Gift-Aid it, it's valid for a whole year. I don't think you can say fairer than that really.

Unlike (as it would seem) some folks here I can't go round these places without being reminded of the inequality and authoritarian nature of the society that built them. But unlike the same folks here I don't think that is relevant now - it's in the past.

History is integral to our heritage. For sure, it's pretty rancid but the old hierarchies endure defining the nature of British society from the homeless to the monarchy. Remember, such functionalist conservatism is an integral part of Christian thinking. As they still sing : the rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate - God made them high and lowly - He ordered their estate. All things bright and beautiful etc.

Not sure what this tells us though.

It tells us that Westminster Abbey (c. 1090) is a very different sort of place to Westminster Cathedral (c. 1903). Love them both myself; the latter was recently mistaken for a mosque by the idiots of UKIP.