VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY

The great work of reference for local history, recording the development of the English counties from the broadest overview to the most precise account of individual parishes and their inhabitants and way of life.

A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE

NEW TITLES: V.i & V.ii THE CITY OF CHESTER

South-east prospect of Chester, 1760.

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CHESHIRE

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I    B.E.Harris 0197227619 £45.00

Physique, Prehistory, Roman Period, Communications, Industries, Anglo-Saxon Cheshire, Domesday

II   B. E. Harris 019722749X £45.00

Administrative History, Political History, Forests, Table of Population

III   B. E. Harris 0197227546 £45.00

Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses, Hospitals, Education, Schools

THE CITY OF CHESTER

General editors DR C. P. LEWIS and DR A. T. THACKER

V.i. General History and Topography provides an account of the city from its Roman foundation to the year 2000, arranged by chronological chapters and covering economic, social, political, administrative, military, religious and cultural history, and including the Grosvenor connections. Special attention is given to topographical development. Six chronological chapters cover the history of Chester by period; Roman, Early Medieval (400-1230), Later Medieval (1230-1550), Early Modern (1550-1762). Late Georgian and Victorian (1762-1914), and the Twentieth Century (1914-2000). The topographies of Roman and 20th-century Chester form integral parts of the first and last chapters. A separates chapter deals with Topography 900-1914. The illustrations, many of which have rarely been seen before, are arranged as a pictorial essay.

V.ii. Culture, Buildings, Institutions comprises five sections: Local Government and Public Services includes lost municipal buildings, the elaborate system of law courts, and the pioneering medical services; Economic Infrastructure and Institutions covers Chester’s transport links, markets and fairs, mills and fisheries, and craft guilds; Churches and Other Religious Bodies relates the history and describes the building of every known congregation in the city; Major Buildings treats the cathedral and Close, the castle, the city walls and gates, and the Rows, in a systematic account of the most notable features of Chester’s built environment. Under Leisure and Culture there are histories of the mystery plays and civic celebrations, Chester Races, sports, music, schools, libraries, museums, newspapers, and open spaces.

Fishing with draft net below Dee Bridge, c. 1890.

The Earl of  Chester’s volunteer fire brigade, early 20th century.

Mid 19th century view including Yoxhall’s Chester Infirmary (1761), Harrison’s city gaol (1809), and Georgian houses in Stanley Place.

Lamb Row and the two churches, St Bridget’s and St. Michael’s, before 1820.

 

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