Chester Cathedral History Chart

AD

70
Chester founded as a Roman fortress

907
St Werburgh's Minster founded

1092
Minster turned into a Benedictine abbey

1250
Norman church rebuilt on Gothic lines

1540
Monastery dissolved by Henry VIII, church finished

1541
Diocese of Chester created, church given back and renamed Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

1868
Restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott

1881
South transept no longer used as a parish church

1921 - 27
Stained glass added to Cathedral cloisters

1961
The Carter Shapland west window introduced into the nave

1975
New bell tower opened
Choir School Closed

1992
Undercroft discovered. Westminster windows installed. 900th anniversary of the founding of St Werburgh's Abbey

1996
Restoration of Main Nave floor, and under floor heating begun.

1997
Completion of installation of under floor heating in Nave.

2005
New Song School completed.