Chester Cathedral X

First, there was the Roman fortress, then came Saxon churches built on the rubble. St Peter's and St Paul's is supposed to have been built here in 660AD, but at the beginning of the 10th century the remains of St Werburgh were brought here, probably to protect them from invading Vikings. At that point the church was re-dedicated to St Werburgh, and St Peter's was moved to its' present position by the Cross.  Under the first Norman earl in 1092 it became St Werburgh's Abbey, housing Benedictine monks, and it took just over a century to build. Then the monks rebuilt it in Gothic style, taking 435 years to do so, although traces of original Norman work remain inside.

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