Dean's Park is an

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...

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, England. It was created in the 19th century. Formerly the site of the Archbishop's Palace, during the latter part of the

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, it is located adjacent to

York Minster The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Arch ...

on its northern side. Other structures nearby include Purey-Cust Lodge, in its northwestern corner, York Minster Library and York Deanery to the north,

Minster Court Minster Court is a Grade II* listed group of buildings lying off Minster Yard, in the city centre of York in England. History The complex consists of four houses, on three sides of a courtyard: number 1 in the north-west wing, numbers 2 and 2A i ...

to the northeast, and Treasurer's House to the east. York Deanery, the home of the Minster's Dean, was built in 1939. The park is accessed by four gates at various points around

Minster Yard Minster Yard is a street in the city centre of York, England. It runs along the southern, eastern and northeastern sides of York Minster, for which it is named. History The street may have originated as the courtyard of the headquarters buildi ...

. The Minster's stone yard, which formerly stood on the site of today's park, has now moved to Deangate, on the opposite side of the Minster. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, the park was excavated to house water tanks, but it has since been restored. In 1987, the arcade was rededicated as a

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to the dead of the world wars and 19th-century conflicts, and since 1997, it has been

grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...

. The park is managed by the Dean and Chapter of York Minster. File:Entrance to Dean's Park - geograph.org.uk - 2800835.jpg, The northern gate to the park, in front of

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