The official account of the Works Department @ChesterCath || Follow us for updates on heritage at the Cathedral!

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Looking for some #History fun for next week? Look no further! Book your tickets to this *free* talk organised by our friends @HistArchChester and @ChesterArchSoc
We are delighted, with @ChesterArchSoc, to invite you to a*FREE* hybrid Research Seminar! Adrián Maldonado @amaldon, National Museums Scotland ‘The Crack of Doom: viking-age hoards before the hacksilver horizon’ Wed 4th Oct, 15:00, Sutton/Beswick CBE013 and via Microsoft Teams
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Have you heard? 👂 We're running Archery Workshops as part of Heritage Discovery Day THIS SATURDAY! Learn how to shoot an arrow in the most beautiful field in Chester 🏹 Find out more & book tickets below chestercathedral.ticketsolve… @ShitChester @VisitChester_ @MktgCheshire
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Chester Cathedral Works Department retweeted
Access all areas this Heritage Open Day! You might have heard that Cheshire’s archives are moving to new homes... Discover why and go behind the scenes in this final chance to tour the Cheshire Record Office (last few tickets remaining!) #75StoriesShared #HODs
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We *cannot wait* to get stuck into this fun-filled Tudor day next weekend! Heritage Discovery Day is part of @heritageopenday with lots of free things to do alongside special ticketed activities. Archery, music, Tudor objects, dressing up, food, good times! @ShitChester
🏛 Heritage Discovery Day at @ChesterCath ⏳ Learn about the Tudors in Chester and enjoy archery workshops, heritage skills demos, music-making, family activities, tours, worship and more. ➡️ Don't miss this FREE event on Sept 9th! visitcheshire.com/whats-on/h…
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The History Hub's #FridayFarBack is this view of @ChesterCath and the graveyard before the restoration carried out by Gilbert Scott between 1868-76. The photograph is dated pre-1870.
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Big announcement! We are excited to be partnering w/ @Go_CheshireWest to care for one of our city's greatest assets. This project will provide unique training opportunities in heritage skills in the North West. Follow to see our heritage & conservation work
A new partnership with @ChesterCath will see the Cathedral’s heritage skills team work on both the Cathedral and Chester’s historic City Walls. Full story ➡️ cwac.co/j0w32
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We're excited to hear @historianharry speak about the Chester Mystery Plays @ChesterCath this weekend! There are still a few tickets left, book here - bit.ly/447puzB

Join David Harry – Senior Lecturer in History at @uochester – as we explore ‘why did the mysteries perform the mystery plays’ in this one-hour lecture. This lecture takes place 19 August at 1pm in the Lady Chapel. 🎟️book tickets here: chestercathedral.ticketsolve…
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Chester Cathedral Works Department retweeted
Join us today as part of the @chesterherifest for an engaging talk introducing our latest exhibition: ‘What is Kingship? Some Answers from 16th and 17th Century Treasures in Chester Cathedral Library’ Today and next Wednesday the 28 at 10am, 1pm, & 3pm. 🎟️chestercathedral.ticketsolve…
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We're *so* excited to be attending @CheshireShow this year for @ChesterCath! Come and find us on both days in the church tent ⛪︎
⭐️ @CheshireShow 20th - 21st June ⭐️ 🐷 Over 3,000 animals 🍽 Food Live Theatre 🐴 Horse & Livestock Competitions 🍦 Family-Friendly Attractions 🛍 Shopping & Food and Drink Book online now ⬇️⬇️ royalcheshireshow.org/
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We’re outside @ChesterCath selling books to kick off @chesterherifest! Come along and grab a bargain 📚
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Chester Cathedral Works Department retweeted
On Saturday 17th or Tuesday 27th June pop along to @ChesterCath to bag a bargain book and chat to the Library team chesterheritagefestival.co.u… #chesterheritagefestival
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We can't wait to attend this test event!
Members of the public are invited to test and give feedback on a new Virtual Reality experience of St John's Church, Chester in the C14th. Testing is on Monday, 10th July 2023 2.00-3.30 p.m, Grosvenor Museum in Chester. Places are limited book here! 👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-r…
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We've been improving records for our collections this year. Our latest exhibition - Imperial Legacies, Sacred Space - open until Tue 30 May uses linked research to explore legacies of colonialism & slavery @ChesterCath in partnership w/ @uochester. #cathedral #archive #chester
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Chester Cathedral Works Department retweeted
If you are in Chester during @chesterherifest why not attend this ace @ChesterArchSoc conference @cwacmuseums Grosvenor Museum? Really looking forward to it! 👇😀 @HistArchChester @Chester01244 @ShitChester @CSLH6
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Lovely to welcome Manchester Metropolitan University students to @ChesterCath today to see and handle (!) some of our #medieval collections. Thank you to @boothp1 for organising and bringing your fab students!
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Tom (stonemason) has been offsite this week sharing skills @ Eaton Estate. He was working with their apprentice to develop new skills, incl working masonry components and fitting for stone bay windows. Look at that freshly cut stone! #cathedral #stonemason #heritage #skills
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