'The Transept of the Martyrdom', 1898. Thomas Becket was murdered in the transept on Tuesday 29 December 1170 by knights of King Henry II, the cathedral became a place of pilgrimage. From "Our Own Country, Volume VI". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

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