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    Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England...
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    Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border. With a built-up area population...
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    city of Chester. A shrine to St Werberh was established at the Church of St Peter and St Paul (the site is now occupied by Chester Cathedral). In 975...
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  • Parkgate Road Campus, Chester University of Chester Law School, Liverpool Road The University of Chester's Business School. Chester Cathedral, site of the graduation...
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    Abbey in Chester, now Chester Cathedral. His successor was his only legitimate son. During his life he made grants to St Werburgh's Abbey at Chester, to Stanlow...
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    Cheshire (redirect from County of Chester)
    Runcorn, providing the distinctive red stone for Liverpool Cathedral and Chester Cathedral. The eastern half of the county is Upper Triassic Mercia Mudstone...
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    organist of Chester Cathedral) 1968–1984 Robert Green 1985–1988 David Briggs (later organist of Truro Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral) 1989–1994 Geraint...
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    the Wirral Peninsula and has its see in the City of Chester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which...
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    The organ of Chester Cathedral is the major source of instrumental music at the cathedral, being played for daily services and accompanying the choir,...
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  • Normandy, to Bayeux Cathedral. Ranulf le Meschin appears as "Ranulf son of Ranulf the viscount". In the foundation charter of Chester Abbey granted by his...
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    of the 5th Duke of Rutland. The couple married on 7 June 2024 at Chester Cathedral. Prince William served as an usher at their wedding. Guests included...
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    ISBN 0-85609-011-5. Bristol Cathedral, official website Canterbury Cathedral, official website Carlisle Cathedral, official website Chester Cathedral, official website...
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  • Minster of St John the Baptist, Chester (now St John the Baptist's Church), which later became the city's first cathedral. In the 9th century, the body...
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    operated at: Salisbury Cathedral Constables[broken anchor] (abolished 2010) Hereford Cathedral Constables (abolished 2014) Chester Cathedral Constables (abolished...
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    The Dean of Chester is based at Chester Cathedral in the Diocese of Chester and is the head of the Chapter at the cathedral. 'Deans of Chester', Fasti Ecclesiae...
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  • Chester Cathedral Choir is the resident choir of Chester Cathedral, Cheshire, England. In common with most British cathedral choirs, the choir sings evensong...
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    St John the Baptist's Church is the former cathedral of Chester, Cheshire, England during the Early Middle Ages. The church, which was first founded in...
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    Chester Cathedral Constables were a small team of cathedral constables who maintained order and security in and around the precincts of Chester Cathedral...
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    (the Large) or Lupus (the Wolf), was from 1071 the second Norman Earl of Chester and one of the great magnates of early Norman England. Hugh d'Avranches...
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  • Chester Cathedral Library is situated in three rooms in and around the cathedral in Chester, Cheshire, England. It has been in existence since the time...
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    poem Time's Paces attached to a clock case in the north transept of Chester Cathedral where it is to be seen today. Recently the poem was even set to music...
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    the game. Another board is carved into the base of a pillar in Chester Cathedral in Chester. Giant outdoor boards were sometimes cut into village greens...
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    possessed a bishop and a cathedral, though only intermittently. Even before the Norman conquest the title "Bishop of Chester" is found in documents applied...
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    collect the large amount of cobwebs required for the many canvases. Chester Cathedral possesses a cobweb image of the Virgin Mary, painted on the net of...
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    Chester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the area bounded by the city walls. The castle stands...
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    John Howson (priest) (category Burials at Chester Cathedral)
    – 1885), British divine and school master, who served as Dean of Chester Cathedral and Principal of Liverpool College Howson was born at Giggleswick-on-Craven...
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  • officiated by the Dean of Chester, while the sermon was delivered by the Bishop of Chester. As the couple left the cathedral heading towards an awaiting...
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    The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within...
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    Sophie, Countess of Wessex A wyvern fighting with a wolf, relief, Trento Cathedral, Italy Arms of Midland Railway at Derby station, bearing in crest a wyvern...
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  • Ranulf Higden (category Burials at Chester Cathedral)
    and counsel with King Edward III. Higden's remains are buried in Chester Cathedral. Higden wrote many works, including the Polychronicon, Ars componendi...
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