The Cloisters, Chester Cathedral.
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Memorial Plaques of the Egerton family in the South Transept: A Tablet to family members killed during the First World War and a Tablet to Vice-Admiral Wion Egerton, killed in the Second World War.
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The Chapter House has Stained-Glass in its Great East Window by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and Grisaille Windows in the North and South Walls, dated 1882 – 1883, by Blomfield.[57]
It contains an Oak Cope cupboard from the Late- 13th-Century.[58] The front of the Chapter House was rebuilt to a design by Hussey.[33]
South Choir Aisle.
The South Aisle was shortened about 1870 by Scott, and given an Apsidal East End, becoming the Chapel of Saint Erasmus.[4]
South Choir Aisle.
The South Aisle was shortened about 1870 by Scott, and given an Apsidal East End, becoming the Chapel of Saint Erasmus.[4]
The Stained-Glass in the Apse Window is dated 1872 and is by Clayton and Bell.
Choral Evensong at Chester Cathedral.
11 November 2025.
Available on YouTubeElsewhere the Stained-Glass in the Aisle is by Wailes, and by Hardman & Co. to a design by Pugin.[55]
The Aisle contains the tomb of Ranulf Higdon,[36] a Monk at Saint Werburgh’s Abbey in the 12th-Century, who wrote a major work of history entitled “Polychronicon”.[59]
South Transept.
The South Transept, formerly the Parish Church of Saint Oswald, contains a Piscina and Sedilia in the South Wall.[21]
Chester Cathedral.
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On the wall of the South-West Crossing Pier, are Monuments, which include a Cenotaph to the casualties in HMS Chester in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, who included the 16-year-old John Cornwell VC.
The West Wall of the South Transept has many Memorials, including War Memorial Cenotaphs to The Cheshire Regiment, the Royal Air Force, and the Free Czech Forces.[4]
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