History of Lichfield and Cathedral: Plan of cathedral and linked posts

Dates.

DATES. First Bishop of Mercia - 656. First Bishop of Lichfield and Cathedral - 669. Shrine Tower - 8th century. Second cathedral - date to be determined. Third Cathedral - early 13th-century to 14th century. Civil War destruction 1643-1646. Extensive rebuild - 1854-1897. Worship on this site started in 669, 1355 years ago.

Click on the statement in red and the post should appear.

Dating the cathedral. Reasons why Lichfield (Licitfelda) had approval. Building the cathedral.

1. West Front. West front of the cathedral. Singing windows

2.    Atrium. King Richard II.
3.    Nave. Nave part 1. Three icons.
4.    Nave arcades. Nave part 2. arcades.
5.    Old Library now destroyed. Old library.
6.    Chad’s grave and shrine tower foundation. Two churches in 672 and a shrine. Making sense of Chad’s grave, St Peter’s cathedral and St Mary’s church. Surely Chad's grave should be marked! Chad's relics Three conjectures on the early church
7.    North transept. North transept.
8.    Chapels and Chantries. Two early chapels. Chantries.
9.    Vestibule. Washing feet.
10. Chapterhouse. Chapterhouse. Lichfield Angel. Offa's shrine chest.
11. Choir. Choristers. Cathedral Piped organs.
12. Second cathedral foundation. There is no historical evidence for a Norman second cathedral.  Why the second cathedral must be Anglo-Saxon. Comparison shows an Anglo-Saxon second cathedral. It is short perch; historians please note. The incomparable apse of the second cathedral.
13. Chapel foundation. Two early chapels.
14. Lady chapel. Langton's shrine. Lady chapel and Sainte-Chapelle?  Beasts in the Lady Chapel
15. Reredos. Lady chapel reredos.
16. Herkenrode Glass. Herkenrode painted glass. Medieval glass. Lady Chapel Chambers Anchorite-priest in the cathedral?
17. Sleeping children monument. Sleeping children. Frances Chantrey.
18. Chapel/Consistory. Two early chapels. Rooms south of the choir.

19. South transept. South transept.

20. Sundial clock. Pre-Reformation mass.

21. Nave-choir screen. Skidmore’s choir screen.
22. Alignment. East-west alignment.
23. Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage defines the Cathedral. Langton’s shrine.
24. Site of bishop’s palace. Bishop Langton’s palace.
25. Mary Montagu’s monument. Mary Wortley Montagu.
26. Wall fresco. Two frescoes in the south aisle