The Stranger's Handbook to Chester and Its Environs: Containing a short sketch of its history and antiquities, a descriptive walk round the walls, and a visit to the cathedral, castle, and Eaton Hall.

· 1890

CHAPTER I. PAGE Introduction.—The City of Chester under the Britons.—Chester 1 a Roman Colony.—The City a prey to the Danes and Saxons.—Ethelfleda the Amazon.—Chester under the Normans.—The Palatinate Earldom.—Royal Visits to Chester.—The Plague.—The Siege of Chester. CHAPTER II. The Railway Station.—Chester the Terminus of Six 10 Railways.—Flookersbrook.—Lead Works.—Canal and Bridge.—William Penn, the Quaker.—Foregate Street, and the old Watling Street.—Post-Office, and Old Bank.—The East Gate, Roman and Mediæval.—The East Gate of To-day CHAPTER III. The Walls of Chester, their Builders, and their History.—The 18 Cathedral.—The Phœnix Tower, and the Walls during the Siege.—Beeston Castle.—T…

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