February 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
3rd Feb St Werburgh day. Protector of Chester. It was said she had restored a dead goose to life after it had been eaten, as recounted by the medieval hagiographer Goscelin. #Folklore
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
3rd Feb St Werburgh day. Protector of Chester. It was said she had restored a dead goose to life after it had been eaten, as recounted by the medieval hagiographer Goscelin. #Folklore
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today's the feast of St Werburgh, 7th Century princess, miracle-worker and patron saint of the city of Chester. A chapel is dedicated to her in Chester Cathedral.
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Today's the feast of St Werburgh, 7th Century princess, miracle-worker and patron saint of the city of Chester. A chapel is dedicated to her in Chester Cathedral.
👀 Church of St Werburgh, Wembury #Devon
A beautiful musical angel.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#AdventAngels
A beautiful musical angel.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#AdventAngels
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
👀 Church of St Werburgh, Wembury #Devon
A beautiful musical angel.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#AdventAngels
A beautiful musical angel.
#Woodensday
#WoodcarvingWednesday
#AdventAngels
October 22, 1993 - Medway News - Tom Baker cuts the ribbon on a new medical center in Werburgh.
#MedwayNews #October22 #1993 #TomBaker #CutsTheRibbon #NewMedicalCenter #Werburgh #MedicalCenter #CommunityNews #LocalHistory
#MedwayNews #October22 #1993 #TomBaker #CutsTheRibbon #NewMedicalCenter #Werburgh #MedicalCenter #CommunityNews #LocalHistory
August 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
October 22, 1993 - Medway News - Tom Baker cuts the ribbon on a new medical center in Werburgh.
#MedwayNews #October22 #1993 #TomBaker #CutsTheRibbon #NewMedicalCenter #Werburgh #MedicalCenter #CommunityNews #LocalHistory
#MedwayNews #October22 #1993 #TomBaker #CutsTheRibbon #NewMedicalCenter #Werburgh #MedicalCenter #CommunityNews #LocalHistory
Chester's timber-framed buildings do not disappoint.
You just have to look up...
📷 Yesterday. Corner of Werburgh & Eastgate
You just have to look up...
📷 Yesterday. Corner of Werburgh & Eastgate
February 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Chester's timber-framed buildings do not disappoint.
You just have to look up...
📷 Yesterday. Corner of Werburgh & Eastgate
You just have to look up...
📷 Yesterday. Corner of Werburgh & Eastgate
We don't need any more menswear shops!! *
Welcome Brook Taverner to st Werburgh street
Welcome Brook Taverner to st Werburgh street
November 21, 2024 at 3:44 PM
We don't need any more menswear shops!! *
Welcome Brook Taverner to st Werburgh street
Welcome Brook Taverner to st Werburgh street
Tonight, I pause to remember that St Werburgh is credited with resurrecting a goose that had already been eaten. That’s some serious voodoo, all right.
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Tonight, I pause to remember that St Werburgh is credited with resurrecting a goose that had already been eaten. That’s some serious voodoo, all right.
Another cool and shadowy medieval space for a hot day, with just a little dramatic illumination.
Chester Cathedral, the imposing Shrine of St Werburgh.
She was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (657 - 674). and St. Ermenilda, daughter of King Ercombert of Kent. She became a nun at Ely.
Chester Cathedral, the imposing Shrine of St Werburgh.
She was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (657 - 674). and St. Ermenilda, daughter of King Ercombert of Kent. She became a nun at Ely.
August 10, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Another cool and shadowy medieval space for a hot day, with just a little dramatic illumination.
Chester Cathedral, the imposing Shrine of St Werburgh.
She was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (657 - 674). and St. Ermenilda, daughter of King Ercombert of Kent. She became a nun at Ely.
Chester Cathedral, the imposing Shrine of St Werburgh.
She was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia (657 - 674). and St. Ermenilda, daughter of King Ercombert of Kent. She became a nun at Ely.
I've spent the last few months asking Saint Walburga to fix this whole bird flu situation. But it turns out that Saint *Werburgh* is the nun with the geese! Rookie Benedictine error... I'm sure we'll have this whole mess straightened out in no time now that the prayers are going to the bird nun...⚓
February 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I've spent the last few months asking Saint Walburga to fix this whole bird flu situation. But it turns out that Saint *Werburgh* is the nun with the geese! Rookie Benedictine error... I'm sure we'll have this whole mess straightened out in no time now that the prayers are going to the bird nun...⚓
The shrine of St Werburgh in Chester Cathedral, constructed in the 1870s by George Gilbert Scott and including pieces presumed to have come from the 14th Century shrine destroyed by the townspeople in 1540.
April 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The shrine of St Werburgh in Chester Cathedral, constructed in the 1870s by George Gilbert Scott and including pieces presumed to have come from the 14th Century shrine destroyed by the townspeople in 1540.
At Gaydon St Werburgh asked a flock of geese to leave as they were eating the crops. The geese promised her they’d go. But instead they flew round the fields calling out as one goose had been killed and eaten. Werburgh brought the cooked goose back to life & the geese all left.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
March 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
At Gaydon St Werburgh asked a flock of geese to leave as they were eating the crops. The geese promised her they’d go. But instead they flew round the fields calling out as one goose had been killed and eaten. Werburgh brought the cooked goose back to life & the geese all left.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
If you've ever wondered why Dublin has a church dedicated to St. Werburgh -> A great account here from @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on Ireland's Anglo-Norman history & the use of English saints "in a kind of sacred imperialism".
www.historytoday.com/history-matt...
www.historytoday.com/history-matt...
Making Medieval Ireland English
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August 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you've ever wondered why Dublin has a church dedicated to St. Werburgh -> A great account here from @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on Ireland's Anglo-Norman history & the use of English saints "in a kind of sacred imperialism".
www.historytoday.com/history-matt...
www.historytoday.com/history-matt...
Two pilgrim badges in a detail of the St Christopher window by Trena Cox, 1927 in Chester Cathedral. Above, the five geese in a basket of the shrine of St Werburgh in Chester, and below it Our Lady of Walsingham from the shrine in north Norfolk. #StainedGlassSunday
May 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Two pilgrim badges in a detail of the St Christopher window by Trena Cox, 1927 in Chester Cathedral. Above, the five geese in a basket of the shrine of St Werburgh in Chester, and below it Our Lady of Walsingham from the shrine in north Norfolk. #StainedGlassSunday
medieval comments on regional dialects in England. It suggests that linguistic differences between North and South were already pronounced at this time. Higden or Higdon (c. 1280-1364) was a chronicler and Benedictine monk of the monastery of St. Werburgh in Chester
June 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
medieval comments on regional dialects in England. It suggests that linguistic differences between North and South were already pronounced at this time. Higden or Higdon (c. 1280-1364) was a chronicler and Benedictine monk of the monastery of St. Werburgh in Chester
At Gaydon St Werburgh asked a flock of geese to leave as they were eating the crops. The geese promised they’d go. But instead they flew round the fields calling out as one had been killed and eaten. Werburgh brought the cooked goose back to life & the geese all left.
#FolkloreSunday
#FolkloreSunday
April 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
At Gaydon St Werburgh asked a flock of geese to leave as they were eating the crops. The geese promised they’d go. But instead they flew round the fields calling out as one had been killed and eaten. Werburgh brought the cooked goose back to life & the geese all left.
#FolkloreSunday
#FolkloreSunday
A useful miracle for Christmas; St Werburgh miraculously restores a goose to body and life after a servant ate it, earning the grateful thanks of the flock
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A useful miracle for Christmas; St Werburgh miraculously restores a goose to body and life after a servant ate it, earning the grateful thanks of the flock
Set up at the Cheshire Print Fair at Chester Cathedral with @feltmistress.bsky.social Here until 4pm. St Werburgh Street, Chester, CH1 2DY
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Set up at the Cheshire Print Fair at Chester Cathedral with @feltmistress.bsky.social Here until 4pm. St Werburgh Street, Chester, CH1 2DY
Walk comes to an end in the centre of the village of Hoo St Werburgh from where I was hoping to get the bus at 16:28. The bus hasn’t come so… I’m Stuck in the Middle of Hoo
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Walk comes to an end in the centre of the village of Hoo St Werburgh from where I was hoping to get the bus at 16:28. The bus hasn’t come so… I’m Stuck in the Middle of Hoo
St. Werburgh, the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia rose to fame courtesy of her ability to resurrect birds from the dead! Her body being moved to Chester in 975 to keep it safe from Viking raids (the thought being she would protect Chester in return) she became the patron saint of the city.
March 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
St. Werburgh, the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia rose to fame courtesy of her ability to resurrect birds from the dead! Her body being moved to Chester in 975 to keep it safe from Viking raids (the thought being she would protect Chester in return) she became the patron saint of the city.
Church of St Werburgh, Wembury #Devon
#Victorian font, possibly dating to 1885.
The church was restored in that year by the Plymouth architects Hine & Odgers. They designed the reredos, pulpit & font, which were carved by Harry Hems of Exeter.
#FontsOnFriday
#Victorian font, possibly dating to 1885.
The church was restored in that year by the Plymouth architects Hine & Odgers. They designed the reredos, pulpit & font, which were carved by Harry Hems of Exeter.
#FontsOnFriday
February 20, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Church of St Werburgh, Wembury #Devon
#Victorian font, possibly dating to 1885.
The church was restored in that year by the Plymouth architects Hine & Odgers. They designed the reredos, pulpit & font, which were carved by Harry Hems of Exeter.
#FontsOnFriday
#Victorian font, possibly dating to 1885.
The church was restored in that year by the Plymouth architects Hine & Odgers. They designed the reredos, pulpit & font, which were carved by Harry Hems of Exeter.
#FontsOnFriday
Chester Cathedral has been awarded funds by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to undertake Project Revive – the first stage in the revitalisation of 30 St Werburgh Street.
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Read out latest blog to find out more
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National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to help regenerate 30 St Werburgh Street
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February 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Chester Cathedral has been awarded funds by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to undertake Project Revive – the first stage in the revitalisation of 30 St Werburgh Street.
Read out latest blog to find out more
chestercathedral.com/news/nationa...
Read out latest blog to find out more
chestercathedral.com/news/nationa...
📷 by me. Not sure the geese encountered by St Werburgh would have worn cute little outfits tho.....
March 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM
📷 by me. Not sure the geese encountered by St Werburgh would have worn cute little outfits tho.....