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The history of Chester extends back nearly two millennia, covering all periods of British history in between then and the present day. The city of Chester was founded as a fort, known as Deva Vitrix, by the Romans in AD 70s, as early as AD 74 based on discovered lead pipes. The city was the scene of battles between warring Welsh and Saxon ...
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 92,760 in 2021, [1] it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (which had a population of 357,150 in 2021). [5]
The threat was now from the Danish kingdom based at York, so the Mercian kingdom built a fort at Eddisbury in 914 [24] [25] to serve as a defence for Chester. All along the length of the River Mersey as far as Manchester , fortified defensive settlements were created, including Rhuddlan , Runcorn , Thelwall , Bakewell and Penwortham .
830: The district was subjugated by Ecgberht, King of Wessex and incorporated in the kingdom of Mercia. [7] 874 or 875: St Werburgh's remains brought to Chester for protection against Danish invaders. [8] [9] c. 890: Chester establishes a mint. [9] 890: Plegmund, probably of Plemstall, becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. [10]
The Earldom of Chester (Welsh: Iarllaeth Caer) was one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval England, extending principally over the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire. Since 1301 the title has generally been granted to heirs apparent to the English throne, and after 1707 the British throne.
St. John's Church yard and remains of the monastery, 1793. The church was reputedly founded by King Aethelred in AD 689. [5] In 973, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle records that, after his coronation at Bath, King Edgar of England, came to Chester where he held his court in a palace in a place now known as Edgar's field near the old Dee bridge in Handbridge.
The Chester city walls surround what was the extent of the English city of Chester in the medieval period. They started as a defensive structure for the fortress of Deva Victrix during the Roman occupation of Britain. Originating between 70 and 90 AD, they consisted of earth ramparts surmounted by wooden palisades. At intervals there were ...
On 7 July 2010 it was announced that Chester Rows were being considered as an applicant for the new United Kingdom Tentative List for World Heritage status by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. [46] This was a campaign pledge by local MP Samantha Dixon in her campaign in the 2022 City of Chester by-election. [47]