Product Description
A brand new, step by step, street by street and building by building history of Chester, comprising 224 pages and well over 250 black & white images, which include details on many of the historic streets, walkways and landmark buildings that form part of the ancient city. This new book tries to both identify and explain the earliest histories and later development of many of Chester’s most familiar sites, including its four main shopping streets and the many buildings that line their historic routes. The publication also tries to identify some of the notable men responsible for creating the city that stands today, the masons, the bricklayers and perhaps more importantly, the small number of regional architects who have helped to create, what is commonly referred to as the Chester “Look”
From the Publisher
"In Search Of Chester's Medieval Castle" is a project looking at the 700 year history of Chester's long since disappeared Norman Castle that was first raised by the forces of William the Conqueror in 1069 and swept away some seven centuries later, to be replaced by the castle complex of Thomas Harrison which continues to remain in place today.
Constructed in a little over two centuries, its later development would help to make Chester one of the most heavily defended city's in all of England and allow for its use as the main military base for the bitter military conflicts between the English Crown and the native Princes of North Wales
Constructed in a little over two centuries, its later development would help to make Chester one of the most heavily defended city's in all of England and allow for its use as the main military base for the bitter military conflicts between the English Crown and the native Princes of North Wales
