Items in Chester (results page 1)

Chester, from the Alford Road.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Probably this view was drawn from the road between Chester and Aldford, as it’s written today, at the bank of the River Dee.

Keywords: views, cityscapes, cows, animals, water, rivers, boats, towers, trees, fences, cities, cityscapes, towers, churches, buildings, cathedrals, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2018-08-07

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Eaton Hall.—Duke of WestminsterPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

The picture shows a man and a woman, the woman with a long crinoline domed skirt (shaped like a dalek), the man with a cane pointing at a small dog; they are walking on a smooth lawn with an insanely [...]

Keywords: manors, houses, gothic architecture, colour, people, spires, windows, grass, sky

Places shown: Eaton; Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2021-02-15

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The New or Water Tower, ChesterThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Published Nov^r. 7, 1783, by S. Hooper. Sparrow sculp.. The battlements were added in the 1640s during the Civil War, when Chester was besieged. There’s more about this at bwpics.co.uk.

Keywords: castles, walls, clouds, colour

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2003-03-17

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Ruins of St. John’s, from the Grosvenor Park,The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

bwpics has a history and more pictures of this ruined church which was heavily ‘restored’ in the 19th century. “[...] we find in St. John’s Church a permanent and very grand memorial of the Early Norm [...]

Keywords: churches, ruins, towers, people, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-06

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Cathedral from the N.E. and part of City Wall.The River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“[...] there is good reason to believe that during the Roman occupation of Chester, a church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stood upon this spot; and most interesting it is thus to connect this [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, carts, people, animals, trees, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-04-23

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Cathedral Cloisters and King’s SchoolThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank.

King’s School, Chester, Web site

Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-08-16

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Chester Cathedral Tower from St. John’s StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

A narrow cobbled street with black-and-white half-timbered buildings, an overhanging turret with a percariously-mounted lamp, a heavily-laden cart pulled by two horses, and in the background, with bir [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, streets, cars, buildings, cities, gothic architecture, medieval architecture, xmas, christmas, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2010-08-12

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Water Tower, with Roman HypocaustThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“The descent of Watergate Street, at right angles to Bridge Street, led to the [River] Dee at another point of its broad, sweeping course. Of the actual form of the gate there is less to be recorded; [...]

Keywords: towers, arches, bridges, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2005-11-19

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Ancient Half-Timbered Houses, Foregate StreetThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

“Turning now from the outside of the walls to the inside, we must remember that the four Roman Streets, intersecting one another at right angles, have always been the features which determined the who [...]

Keywords: houses, street scenes, horses, carts, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2006-10-11

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Heron BridgeThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

Heron Bridge appears to be just South of Chester, near Chester Meadows, probably in what is now called Handbridge, near Boughton. The picture shows a path with a gate or stile in a fence, cows ankle-d [...]

Keywords: rivers, bridges, water, cows, animals, trees, houses, birds, fences, country scenes, greyscale

Places shown: Heron Bridge; Chester; England

Added: 2019-01-15

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