Chester city walls

city walls in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

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The walls, towers, gates and posterns of the City of Chester  site, city walls, Water Tower, Chester, Barnaby's Tower, Bonewaldesthorne's Tower, Bridgegate, Eastgate and Eastgate Clock, Kaleyard Gate, Morgan's Mount, Newgate, Chester, Northgate, Pemberton's Parlour, Phoenix Tower, Chester, Recorder's Steps, Thimbleby's Tower, Watergate, Chester, City Wall from Bonewaldesthorne Tower to Pembertons Parlour, Part of City Wall from Pembertons Parlour to St Martins Gate (not included), Part of City Wall from St Martins Gate (not included) to Morgans Mount, Part of City Wall between Morgans Mount and Northgate, Part Of City Wall From Northgate To Phoenix Tower, Part Of City Wall From Phoenix Tower To Kaleyard Gate, Part Of City Wall With Tower Base From Kaleyard Gate To Eastgate, Part of City Wall from Eastgate to Thimblebys Tower and attached gravestones, Part of City Wall from Thimblebys Tower to Old Newgate, Part Of City Wall From The Newgate To Barnabys Tower, Part of City Wall from Barnabys Tower to tower east of Bridgegate, Part of City Walls from Bridgegate to drum tower 50 metres east, Part of City Wall from County Hall (not included) to Grosvenor Road, Part of City Wall from Grosvenor Road to the Watergate, Part of City Wall from the Watergate to Bonewaldesthorne Tower, Old Newgate, Unnamed drum tower 50 metres east of the Bridgegate, Part of City Wall from Bridgegate to County Hall, St Martin's Gate, United Kingdom

• Historic England scheduled monument^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological and Historic Society for the County, City, and Neighbourhood of Chester "The walls of Chester: are they Roman or Edwardian?"^@
• Journal of the British Archaeological Association The Walls of Chester^@
• Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society The defences of Roman Chester: a note on discoveries made on the North Wall, 1982^@
• Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society The defences of Roman Chester: discoveries made on the East Wall, 1983^@
• Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society Recent work on the medieval city wall of Chester^@
• Tripadvisor page^@

Location: 53.1861, -2.88958, ///crisis.behind.fries, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Frameless

Along the city wall - geograph.org.uk - 762672

A view along Chester's Walls - geograph.org.uk - 12054

BridgegateChester3

ChesterCan4

Chester city Walls

ChesterDee1

Chester's City Walls - Grosvenor Road to Bridgegate ^1 - geograph.org.uk - 368790

Chester's City Walls - Grosvenor Road to Bridgegate ^3 - geograph.org.uk - 368924

Chester's Roodee Cross and the City Walls - geograph.org.uk - 366961

Chester's Roodee Cross - geograph.org.uk - 366916

Chester Weir - geograph.org.uk - 93202

City Wall, Chester, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 110316

City Walls, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 10215

City Walls near the Kaleyard Gate - geograph.org.uk - 101963

Civil War Siege Damage - geograph.org.uk - 103224

Foregate Street from the City Wall, Chester

Misty Winter Morning on Chester City Walls - geograph.org.uk - 425965

North section of city wall, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 40492

Raft Race - geograph.org.uk - 126682

Shropshire Union Canal seen from North Gate - geograph.org.uk - 795817

The Shropshire Union Canal from the City Walls - geograph.org.uk - 12039

The walls, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 215859

The Wishing Steps on the City Wall - geograph.org.uk - 101867

View from the north section of the city walls, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 39798

• ChesterCityWallsAndRiverDee.ogv (Wikimedia)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Historic England scheduled monument@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological and Historic Society for the County, City, and Neighbourhood of Chester "The walls of Chester: are they Roman or Edwardian?"@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the British Archaeological Association The Walls of Chester@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society The defences of Roman Chester: a note on discoveries made on the North Wall, 1982@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society The defences of Roman Chester: discoveries made on the East Wall, 1983@			Wikidata
link		Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society Recent work on the medieval city wall of Chester@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
vessel		U-534			Wikidata
fort	1825	Fort Perch Rock	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery at Norley 365m south east of Finger Post Farm			Wikidata
fort		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 380m east of South Lane Farm			Wikidata
fort		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 250m north east of New Farm Cottages			Wikidata
fort		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 400m west of Sutton Fields Farm			Wikidata
fort	1875	Seaforth Battery			Wikidata
museum	1972	Cheshire Military Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1979	Grange Cavern Military Museum			Wikidata
museum	2000	RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre	tripadvisor		Wikidata
walls		Chester city walls	tripadvisor		Wikidata
walls		Flint Town Defences			Wikidata
walls		Holt Town Defences			Wikidata
walls		Overton Town Defences			Wikidata
walls		Ruthin Town Defences			Wikidata
conflict		Battle of Holt Castle			Wikidata
image	2002	Along the city wall - geograph.org.uk - 762672			Wikimedia
image	2005	A view along Chester's Walls - geograph.org.uk - 12054			Wikimedia
image	2006	BridgegateChester3			Wikimedia
image	2006	ChesterCan4			Wikimedia
image	1907	Chester city Walls			Wikimedia
image	2006	ChesterDee1			Wikimedia
image	2007	Chester's City Walls - Grosvenor Road to Bridgegate ^1 - geograph.org.uk - 368790			Wikimedia
image	2007	Chester's City Walls - Grosvenor Road to Bridgegate ^3 - geograph.org.uk - 368924			Wikimedia
image	2007	Chester's Roodee Cross and the City Walls - geograph.org.uk - 366961			Wikimedia
image	2007	Chester's Roodee Cross - geograph.org.uk - 366916			Wikimedia
image	2004	Chester Weir - geograph.org.uk - 93202			Wikimedia
image	2003	City Wall, Chester, Cheshire - geograph.org.uk - 110316			Wikimedia
image	2005	City Walls, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 10215			Wikimedia
image	2005	City Walls near the Kaleyard Gate - geograph.org.uk - 101963			Wikimedia
image	2006	Civil War Siege Damage - geograph.org.uk - 103224			Wikimedia
image	1975	Foregate Street from the City Wall, Chester			Wikimedia
image	1985	Misty Winter Morning on Chester City Walls - geograph.org.uk - 425965			Wikimedia
image	2005	North section of city wall, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 40492			Wikimedia
image	2004	Raft Race - geograph.org.uk - 126682			Wikimedia
image	1995	Shropshire Union Canal seen from North Gate - geograph.org.uk - 795817			Wikimedia
image	2004	The Shropshire Union Canal from the City Walls - geograph.org.uk - 12039			Wikimedia
image	2006	The walls, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 215859			Wikimedia
image	2005	The Wishing Steps on the City Wall - geograph.org.uk - 101867			Wikimedia
image	2005	View from the north section of the city walls, Chester - geograph.org.uk - 39798			Wikimedia
video	2006	ChesterCityWallsAndRiverDee.ogv			Wikimedia