Trena Cox

Trena Mary Cox (1895–1980) was an English stained glass artist.

She was born Emma Trina Cox on 3 March 1895, in the Lower Bebington Urban District (i.e. not Bebbington), on the Wirral Peninsula and grew up around Birkenhead. She trained at the Laird School of Art. In 1924 she moved to Chester and set up her studio in Victoria Road Chester, Cheshire, either adjacent to, or within, the Kaleyard works of Williams, Gamon & Co., with whom she remained associated until the Second World War. In about 1945, Trena Cox moved to 96 Watergate Street, Chester, which remained her home and, at least later, her studio, until she retired in 1972 (at the age of 77) and died, on 11 February 1980 (not in 1977, as frequently quoted). Most of her works are in churches in the old counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that "her windows are usually small, her figures modest, often with small-scale detail in the quarries" (small pieces of square or diamond-shaped glass set diagonally).

Until the publication of Jones (2012), Cloister, Chester Cathedral Chester, Cheshire 1925–27 Eight figures in the southwest corner of the cloister. Slype, Chester Cathedral Chester, Cheshire 1927 Saint Christopher. Church of St Mary and All Saints Whalley, Lancashire 1928 East window in the north chapel, depicting Saint George, Saint Nicholas, and King Arthur. Trevor Church Trevor, Wrexham, Wales 1930 Crucifixion. St Stephen's Church Prenton, Birkenhead, Merseyside 1932 Several small windows. St Michael's Church Blundellsands, Merseyside 1932; 1933 Annunciation; Saint Christopher. Church of the Resurrection and All Saints Caldy, Wirral, Merseyside 1933; 1946 Saint George, Saint Werburgh, Saint Bridget, and Saint Martin. St Michael's Church Huyton, Merseyside 1933 Simeon with Jesus; Mary sitting at Jesus' feet. St Bartholomew's Church Thurstaston, Wirral. Merseyside 1934; 1951 Two windows. St Werburgh's Church Chester, Cheshire 1936 A set of eight small windows in the narthex. Holy Trinity Church Lower Beeding, West Sussex 1936 Good Shepherd. St Michael's Church Shotwick, Cheshire 1938 Saint Michael. Chapel of St Mary de Castro,Chester Castle Chester, Cheshire 1939 A small version of the Mother and Child. St Matthew's Church Stretton, Cheshire 1939 West window. Holy Trinity Church Bickerton, Cheshire c. 1940 Christ Church Crowton, Cheshire 1946 Mother and Child. St Ambrose Church Widnes, Cheshire 1947 A window given by German prisoners of war, depicting Saint Boniface. |St Matthew's Church Buckley, Flintshire, Wales 1948 Christ in Glory as a Child in the south wall of the south aisle. St Lawrence's Church Stoak, Cheshire 1948 Saint Christopher and Saint George moved here from Christ Church, Chester, in 1997. St James' Church Leyland, Lancashire 1949 Saint Michael; Saint George. St John the Evangelist's Church Norley, Cheshire 1949 The west window of the north aisle. Emmanuel Church Buckley, Flintshire, Wales 1950; 1962 Scenes from the birth and early life of Christ on the south wall. All Saints Church Bubwith, East Yorkshire 1951 Te Deum. Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Walsingham, Norfolk 1955 Annunciation. St Aiden's Church Wheatley Hills, Doncaster,South Yorkshire 1957 Vision of St. John on Patmos. Shrewsbury Cathedral Shrewsbury, Shropshire 1960 A window with armorial items in the porch. All Saints' Church Daresbury, Cheshire c. 1960 Two windows. St John the Baptist's Church Chester, Cheshire 1969 Aethelred and the Hind, in the narthex. St Mary Magdalen's Church Tallern Green, Wrexham, Wales 1970 An Angel Greets the Three Women at the Empty Tomb in the south wall of the nave. Wrexham Cathedral Wrexham, Wales 1970 Saint Michael and angels on the east wall of the south transept. The Priory and Parish Church of Saint Mary (Beddgelert) Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales Undated Virgin and Child and David on the north wall of the nave. St Peter's Church Chester, Cheshire Undated On the west side of the church. St Chad's Church Farndon, Cheshire Undated Three windows. St James' Church Ince, Cheshire Undated Saint Francis and Saint Werburgh. St Michael and All Angels Church Little Leigh, Cheshire Undated St Stephen's Church Moulton, Cheshire Undated Two west windows and two in the north aisle. Holy Trinity Church Northwich, Cheshire Undated Christmas scenes. St Trillo's Chapel Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, Wales Undated Saint Elian in the south wall. Holy Cross Church Woodchurch, Birkenhead, Merseyside Undated A window in the north aisle.