Did Cathedrals Have Pews?

During the late medieval and early modern period, attendance at church was legally compulsory, so the allocation of a church's pews offered a public visualisation of the social hierarchy within the whole parish. ... Pews are generally made of wood and arranged in rows facing the altar in the nave of a church.

When did churches start to have pews?

History of church pews

Starting sometime in the early 13th century, sporadic churches started carving a few less-than-comfortable looking benches into the stone walls for limited perimeter seating.

Do temples have pews?

Pews are an element taken from Christian churches; traditional Buddhist temples typically only have the floor.