Chester Cathedral. (Part Eight).

Christmas in The Cloisters of Chester Cathedral.

Photo: 17 December 2013.

Source: Geograph Britain and Ireland

Author: Jeff Buck

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In 1844, an Organ, by Gray & Davison, of London, was installed in the Cathedral, replacing an instrument with parts dating back to 1626. The Organ was rebuilt and enlarged by Whiteley Brothers of Chester in 1876, to include Harmonic Flutes and Reeds by Cavaillé-Coll.

It was later moved to its present position at the front of the North Transept. In 1910, William Hill and Son, of London, extensively rebuilt and revoiced the Organ, replacing the Cavaillé-Coll Reeds with new Pipes of their own. The Choir Division of the Organ was enlarged and moved behind the Choir Stalls on the South Side.

The instrument was again overhauled by Rushworth and Dreaper, of Liverpool, in 1969, when a new mechanism and some new pipework, made to a design by the Organist, Roger Fisher, was installed. Since 1991, the Organ has been in the care of David Wells, of Liverpool.[45]

The Cloisters, Chester Cathedral.

Photo: 7 September 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mike Peel www.mikepeel.net

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Chester suffered badly at the hands of the Parliamentary troops.[28] As a consequence, its Stained-Glass Windows date mainly from the 19th- and 20th-Centuries, and have representative examples of the significant trends in Stained-Glass design from the 1850s, onwards.

Of the earlier Victorian firms, William Wailes is the best represented, in the South Aisle (1862), as well as Hardman & Co., and Michael Connor. Glass from the High Victorian period is well represented by two leading London firms, Clayton and Bell, and Heaton, Butler and Bayne.

The Aesthetic Style is represented by Charles Eamer Kempe. Early-20th-Century Windows include several commemorating those who died in World War I.

Memorial Window in the Cloisters of Chester Cathedral to Henry Noel Atkinson, D.S.O., Second Lieutenant,

3rd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Attached 2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment), Killed-in-Action, 22 October 1914, aged 25, at Violaines, France. Mentioned in Despatches. Buried at Cabret-Rouge British War Cemetery, Souchez,

Pas de Calais, France. Son of Ursula Mary Atkinson of  Broadstone, Dorset, and the Late Reverend Canon Arthur Atkinson, Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral.

Photo: 23 March 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hystfield

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There are also several notable Modern Windows, the most recent being the Refectory Window of 2001, by Ros Grimshaw, which depicts The Creation.[46]

The Eight-Light Perpendicular Window of the West End contains Mid-20th-Century Glass, representing The Holy Family and Saints, by W. T. Carter Shapland.

Three Modern Windows in the South Aisle, were designed and made by Alan Younger to replace Windows damaged in The Second World War. They were donated by The 6th Duke of Westminster, to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of the Cathedral, and contain the dates 1092 and 1992 to reflect the theme of “continuity and change”.[47]

Chester Cathedral Memorial Window Panel commemorating the Chester Cathedral Old Choristers who fell in both World Wars. Names mentioned are:

1914-1918:

Cecil Henry Bateman;

John Percy Halliday;

Frank Howard;

Leonard Snelson.

1939-1945:

Leslie Douglas Calvert;

Charles William Howie;

Samuel Harry Jackson.

Ronald Ledsham;

Valentine Woodall.

Photo: 23 March 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hystfield

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The West End of the Nave is dominated by an Eight-Light-Window, in the Perpendicular Gothic Style, which almost fills the upper part of the West Wall.

It contains Stained-Glass designed by W. T. Carter Shapland, dating from 1961, and depicts The Holy Family in the middle two Lights, flanked by the Northern Saints: Werburgh; Oswald; Aidan; Chad; Wilfrid; Queen Ethelfleda.[48]

The Stone Nave Pulpit was designed by R. C. Hussey, and the Lectern, dated 1876, is by Skidmore.[49]

A Memorial Stained-Glass Window in The Cloisters, Chester Cathedral. It reads: Edward Townshend Logan D.S.O., Lieutenant-Colonel, The Cheshire Regiment, who fell gloriously at Loos, 26 September 1915, in command of a Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry. In grateful remembrance for his example.

Photo: 23 March 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hystfield

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The Mosaic Floor of the Tower Bay was designed by John Howson (Dean, 1867–1885) and executed by Burke and Co. The same firm installed the Mosaics which decorate the wall of the North Aisle, depicting the Patriarchs and Prophets: Abraham; Moses; David; Elijah.[4] They were designed by J. R. Clayton, of Clayton and Bell, and date from 1883 to 1886.[49]

Monuments in the Nave include those:

To Roger Barnston, dated 1838, by John Blayney; 

To Nicholas Stratford (Bishop, 1689–1707), dated 1708;

To George Hall (Bishop, 1662–1668);

To Edmund Entwistle, dated 1712;

To John and Thomas Wainwright, who died, respectively, in 1686 and 1720;

To Robert Bickerstaff, who died in 1841, by Blayney;

To William Smith (Dean, 1758–1787), by Thomas Banks;

To William Mainwaring, dated 1671.[49]

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