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 the late 7th Century by the Anglo Saxons, is outside Chester's city walls on a cliff above the north bank of the River Dee.

Although repairs were carried out during the reign of Elizabeth I, the church was garrisoned in the English Civil War by the Roundheads during the siege of Chester in 1645.

In the middle to late 19th century, restorations created the present-day church within remains of the larger medieval building.

Taking the helm of a barge, he was rowed the short distance up the River Dee from Edgar's field to St John the Baptist's Church by six (the monk Henry Bradshaw records he was rowed by eight kings) tributary kings where a royal council was held.

[7] In 1075 Peter, Bishop of Lichfield moved the seat of his see to Chester, making St John's his cathedral.

[1] Owain Glyndŵr and others made their depositions at the Court of Chivalry inquiry into the Scrope v Grosvenor controversy held here on 3 September 1386.

[2] While the external fabric of the church is largely Early English in style due to the Victorian restorations, much of the interior consists of Norman material.

It was then rebuilt for St John's, transported to Chester by barge and installed at the west end of the church.

The stained glass in the east window dated 1863 was designed by T. M. Penson and made by Clayton and Bell.

[15] Also inside the church are fragments of late Saxon stone crosses that are thought to have been originally in the churchyard.

The vast majority of the gravestones have now been repositioned and laid to the ground forming the footpaths immediately in front of the church.

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