Roberts' Chester Guide [1858]

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Author

Roberts, Hugh

Credits

Transcribed from the [1858] Hugh Roberts edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Chester (England) -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62534

Release Date

July 1, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ROBERTS’ CHESTER GUIDE;
2. 2.INDEX.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF CHESTER.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. A WALK ROUND THE WALLS OF CHESTER. — The Phœnix Tower , — The Northgate . — Training College , — The Water Tower , — Museum of the Mechanics’ Institution , — Camera Obscura , — The Infirmary ; — The City Gaol , — The Watergate , — Roodeye . — The House of Industry , — New Cemetery , near the Grosvenor Bridge. — The Castle . — The Gaol and County Hall . — The Sessions House , — Grosvenor Bridge . — The Bridgegate , — The Old Bridge , — Dee Mills , — The Old Bridgegate , — The Newgate , — The Eastgate , — The Old Eastgate , — The Bars Gate ,
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. A WALK THROUGH THE CITY. — The Rows . — Principal Streets . — Eastgate Street , — Foregate Street , — Watergate Street , — Northgate Street , — The Exchange — The Abbey Gate , — The Music Hall , formerly The Theatre Royal . — Bridge Street , — An Ancient Chapel
9. 9.CHAPTER V. CHESTER CATHEDRAL. — The Church of St. Oswald’s , — Church of St. John the Baptist . — St. Peter’s Church . — The Church of the Holy Trinity — St. Martin’s Church , — St. Mary’s Church , — St. Bridget’s Church . — St. Michael’s Church — Christ Church — St. Paul’s Church , — St. Olave’s Church — Little St. John’s . — DISSENTING PLACES OF WORSHIP. — The Unitarian Chapel — Independent Chapel. — Wesleyan Methodist Chapel . ( OLD CONNEXION .) — Wesleyan Methodist Chapel . ( NEW CONNEXION .) — The Octagon Chapel — The Baptist Chapel — The Welsh Calvinistic Chapel — Commonhall Street — The Quakers’ Meeting House — The Primitive Methodists — The Roman Catholic Chapel — The Presbyterian Chapel — ENDOWED AND CHARITABLE SCHOOLS. — The King’s School . — The Diocesan School . — Charitable Institutions .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. EATON HALL. — ECCLESTON
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE GENERAL RAILWAY STATION — CAB FARES. — FARES TO OR FROM ANY OTHER PART OF THE CITY. — BY TIME. — THE POPULATION OF CHESTER. — POPULATION OF CHESTER IN — DISTANCES FROM TOWN TO TOWN IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER. — HOTELS.
12. 12.ADVERTISEMENTS. — WESTMINSTER SAUCE, PATRONIZED BY THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY OF THE COUNTY AND CITY. — Pierce’s Important Improvements in Warming and Ventilating, — RICHMOND & CHANDLER’S PRIZE CHAFF-CUTTING MACHINE. — PALATINE HORSE INVIGORATING FOOD, — Just published (June, 1858), ELEMENTS OF ANIMAL NUTRITION AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. — THE MOST POPULAR SCHOOL HISTORIES. — THE AUTHOR’S EDITIONS. OLLENDORFF’S METHOD OF Learning to Read, Write, and Speak a Language IN SIX MONTHS . — MR. A. TAIT, TAILOR, DRAPER, AND HATTER, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER . — WILLIAM FITCH, (Successor to H. Bailey,) — JOHN HOWARD, LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, 11, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER. — MESSES. EWEN AND REVIS, AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CIVIL ENGINEERS, House, Estate, and General Commission Agents, CHESTER . — WILLIAMS & SON, TOBACCO AND SNUFF MANUFACTURERS, — FAMILY GROCERY ESTABLISHMENT, — RELIANCE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 71, KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON. — WILLIAM PARKINSON, Plumber, Glazier, and Gas Fitter, NORTHGATE, CHESTER. — W. WILLIAMS, BASKET AND HAMPER MANUFACTURER, — ROYAL HOTEL, CHESTER — T. B. FOULKES, — J. THOMPSON, PRINTSELLER, ETC., BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER, — THE ROYAL FARMERS’ AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, — The Blossoms Family and Commercial Hotel, CHESTER. — OLD BOOK REPOSITORY. — IMPORTANT TO TOURISTS. — THE GREAT BOTANIC MEDICINE. — JOHN SMITH & SON, — ANTIQUITIES OF CHESHIRE, IN PHOTOGRAPH, — TOWN MADE SILK, ALPACA, AND GINGHAM UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS!! — G. KENRICK, — ESTABLISHED 1748. — HARP AND PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSES. ABBEY STREET AND THE NORTHGATE. — ESTABLISHED 1780. BOWERS BROTHERS, DISPENSING CHEMISTS, — TO ADVERTISERS. — CHESTER HOMŒOPATHIC PHARMACY, CAXTON BUILDINGS, PEPPER STREET. — GEORGE HOTEL, BANGOR FERRY, NORTH WALES. — Atlas Fire and Life Assurance Office, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. — WOOD’S SUFFOLK IRON WORKS, STOWMARKET, — The Royal Agricultural Society’s Meeting at Chester, 1858. — VISITORS BEFORE YOU LEAVE CHESTER — FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. R. HORNSBY AND SONS, SPITTLEGATE IRONWORKS, GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, — M. WILLIAMS, SILK, WOOLLEN, & COTTON DYER, CLEANER, GLAZER, AND HOT PRESSER, ST. WERBURGH STREET, CHESTER. — EDWARD PARIS, BAZAAR AND FANCY REPOSITORY, 73, EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER. — BLAKE, — W. A. BILLINGTON, CONFECTIONER & BRIDE-CAKE MAKER, 45, WATERGATE ROW, CHESTER. — A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF WRITING DESKS, INKSTANDS, ETC., — W. W. BRITTAIN, Woollen Draper, Tailor, and Hatter, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER. — HARRISON, JOINER AND BUILDER, — CLAYTON, SHUTTLEWORTH, & CO., STAMP END WORKS, LINCOLN, — CLAYTON, SHUTTLEWORTH, AND CO.’S COMBINED BOULTING, THRASHING, STRAW SHAKING, RIDDLING, AND WINNOWING MACHINE. — JOHN WARNER, AND SONS, Hydraulic Engineers, and Bell and Brass Founders to Her Majesty, — LISTON’S LIVER PILLS, — W. FARISH’S Commercial Temperance Hotel, — J. E. EWEN, — T. WILCOCK & SON, FAMILY GROCERS, TEA DEALERS, — MESSRS. LOWNDES AND SMITH — BONES & GUANO — WILLIAM BOX, Gas Fitter, Brass Finisher, Brazier, — Bride Cake Manufacturer — J. KEARTLAND, — MESSRS. WILDIG & WILLIAMS, — JOHN HITCHEN, SURVEYOR, BUILDER, AND CONTRACTOR, — THOMAS DAVIES, DRAPER, SILK MERCER, ETC., — JOHN & THOMAS HIGGINS, WOOLLEN DRAPERS AND HATTERS, — THOMAS GIBBS & CO., — HUGH ROBERTS’ General Circulating Library and News-Room, EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER. — ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. CHESTER MEETING, 1858. — SMITH & ASHBY’S PATENT HORSE RAKE FOR HAY, CORN, COUCH GRASS, STUBBLE, &c. — TO TOURISTS & TRAVELLERS, — Royal Insurance Company CAPITAL £2,000,000 IN 100,000 SHARES OF £20 EACH. — THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. — HUGH ROBERTS
13. 13.FOOTNOTES.

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