Where to see English glass from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.
- Canterbury Cathedral (Canterbury). The late twelfth and early thirteenth century glass is among the oldest in England.
- York Minster (York). The largest collection of medieval glass in England.
- Lincoln Cathedral (Lincoln). The two great rose windows face each other across the transept.
- Wells Cathedral (Wells). The Golden Window at the east end is a Tree of Jesse made between 1340 and 1345, and is one of the finest Decorated windows in England.
- King’s College Chapel (Cambridge). A near-complete scheme of Renaissance glass made between about 1516 and 1526, including the Great East Window, shows scenes from the Old and New Testaments in pairs.
- St Mary’s Church, Fairford (Fairford). A rare, almost complete set of late medieval windows telling the Christian story from beginning to end, with the Last Judgement at the west end.
- Great Malvern Priory (Great Malvern). Fifteenth century Perpendicular glass, made between 1423 and 1439, survives in the clerestory and in the large north transept window.
- Gloucester Cathedral (Gloucester). The Great East Window, made in the fourteenth century, is among the largest medieval windows in the country and shows rows of figures and heraldry.
- Ely Cathedral and the Stained Glass Museum (Ely). The Stained Glass Museum is housed in the cathedral and shows panels from the twelfth century to the present, which makes it a useful first stop for anyone new to the subject.