John Speed's atlas, 1676
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Library volunteer Myra Amor introduces John Speed and his Theatre of the empire of Great-Britain and A prospect of the most famous parts of the World published in 1676.
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South Sea Company investments, 1715-1720
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The archives of the Dean & Chapter include a collection of early 18th-century stock and dividend receipts and accounts evidencing an extensive financial legacy from investments in two of the largest slave-trading companies in history.
Read MoreCaptain Richard Nicholls Buckle and other casualties of the Anglo-Ashanti wars, 1873-1874
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A window in the Presbytery is dedicated to Captain Richard Nicholls Buckle and other Royal Engineers casualties of the Ashanti Expedition 1873-74 in what is now southern Ghana.
Read MoreShip bell of HMS Kent, 1903
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The ship's bell of HMS Kent is located in the South Quire Aisle accompanied by a painted wooden plaque of the White Horse of Kent.
Read MoreColonel Richard Home (1837-1879)
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A window in the Presbytery is dedicated to Colonel Richard Home, leader of the Ashanti Expedition 1873-74 in what is now southern Ghana.
Read MoreRoyal Engineer casualties of The Sudan Expedition 1897-98
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Sappers who were killed in the Sudan Expedition 1897-1898, part of the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan are commemorated by a plaque on the west wall of the South Nave Aisle to the left of the main Royal Engineer Memorial.
Read MoreCaptain (Brevet Lieut-Colonel) Ernest Frederic David (1862-98)
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Captain (Brevet Lieut-Colonel) Ernest Frederic David is commemorated by a memorial in the North Quire Aisle.
Read MoreMajor General Charles Gordon and casualties of the Egypt and Sudan Campaigns (1882-1885)
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‘Major General Charles George Gordon C.B…. Captain F. J. Romilly and Lieutenant E. M. B. Newman killed at Tofrek. Lieutenant W. B. Askwith killed at Suakin and 31 noncommissioned and 74 men of the Royal Engineers and of the Queens own Madras Sappers and Miners who fell in the Egyptian and Soudan Campaigns 1882 To 1885’.
Read MoreColonel Anthony William Durnford, RE (1830-1879)
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Colonel Anthony William Durnford, RE is commemorated by a stained glass window in the South Nave Aisle. Durnford was killed at the battle of IsandhIwana (Zulu War), January 22, 1879.
Read MoreColonel John Rouse Merriott Chard, VC, RE
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Colonel J. R. M.Chard V.C, RE is commemorated in the memorial in the North Quire Aisle. Chard is famous as battle of Rorke’s Drift, depicted in Richard Attenborough’s film Zulu.
Read MoreColonel John Pennycuick, CSI, ME, RE (1841-1911)
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Colonel John Pennycuick C.S.I., Madras Engineers and Royal Engineers. is commemorated in a memorial in the South Nave Transept.
Read MoreLieutenants Cator and Polwhele, RE (d. 1896-97)
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Lieutenants Cator and Polwhele, Royal Engineers are commemorated in a memorial in the North Quire Aisle.
Read MoreBrigadier General Sir George Bohun Macauley, KCMG, KBE, CB (d. 1940)
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Brigadier General Sir George Bohun Macauley KCMG, KBE, CB. is commemorated by a memorial in the Lady Chapel.
Read MoreGeneral Sir Richard Harrison, GCB, CMG, 1837-1931
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General Sir Richard Harrison GCB, CMG. is commemorated by a memorial in the South Quire Aisle, above which a banner once hung.
Read MoreCaptain Alfred Ernest Haynes, RB (1861-1895)
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Captain Alfred Ernest Haynes, RB is commemorated by a memorial in the North Quire Aisle.
Read MoreAdmiral Edward Kelly (1822-1892)
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Admiral Edward Kelly, late Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyards, is commemorated in a memorial in the North Nave Aisle.
Read MoreLieutenant Reginald de Costa Porter, RE (1850-1879)
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Lieutenant R.da Costa Porter is commemorated by a memorial in the North Nave Aisle. Porter was present at the battle of Ulundi before his untimely accidental death in Malta.
Read MoreCaptain William John Gill, RE (1843-1882)
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Captain William John Gill, RE is commemorated by a stained glass window and a memorial in the South Quire Transept.
Read MoreCaptains Henry Jameson Powell Jeffcoat (1872-1901) and Arthur Bysse Molesworth (d. 1902)
/Captain Henry Jameson Powell Jeffcoat DSO and Captain Arthur Bysse Molesworth are commemorated by a memorial in the Lady Chapel.
Read MoreColonel Ronald Charles Maxwell, CB, RE (1852-1924)
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Colonel Ronald Charles Maxwell is commemorated by a stained glass window in the South Quire Transept.
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