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The city was the scene of battles between warring Welsh and Saxon kingdoms throughout the post-Roman years until the Saxons strengthened the fort against raiding Danes. Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, Chester came under the Earl of Chester. It became a centre of the defence against Welsh raiders and a launch point for raids on Ireland.
May 17, 2019 · by Rachael Lindsay. published on 17 May 2019. It is said that Chester is the richest city in Britain in terms of archaeological and architectural treasures. One of the finest strategic outposts of the Roman Empire, it is one of the few walled cities left in Britain today. Rachael Lindsay takes us on a personal tour of her home town.
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Cheshire. 53°11′N 2°53′W / . 53.19°N 2.89°W. / 53.19; -2.89. Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border. With a built up area population of 92,742 in 2021, [2] it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (which had a population of ...
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Mar 25, 2024 · Chester became a cathedral city in 1541 when the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburgh was dissolved. The cathedral and the buildings grouped around the cloisters are important examples of medieval architecture. The city was (and remains) a commercial and ecclesiastical centre. Chester still has its walls intact in their entire circuit of 2 miles ...
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THE CITY OF CHESTER. This Volume, published in two parts, provides a full treatment of most aspects of Chester's history from Roman times to the year 2000. (fn. 1) The two parts are complementary. The chapters in Part 1 give a general account of the city, covering administrative, political, economic, social, and religious history, divided into ...
Henwald's Lowe became common land, and its name, a combination of an Old English personal name and Old English hlaw, 'mound' or 'hill', may indicate an early aristocratic burial. In 893 Vikings raided Chester, then 'a deserted city in Wirral'.
Sep 15, 2021 · Chester was an important city in the Saxon kingdom of Mercia, and was hugely strengthened in the 910s by the Mercian ruler Æthelflæd, who refounded it as a fortified burgh, made it a government centre for its shire, expanded the city, founded what became its cathedral and enhanced its walls.
