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Monument Number 69073

Hob Uid: 69073
Location :
Cheshire West and Chester
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SJ4017066088
Summary : Chester city wall, the north and east walls follow the Roman fortress walls; their Medieval extension to the south and west appears to have takem place before 1121 AD. The walls were restored between 1701 and 1708 and at later periods.
More information : City Walls [GT] (1)

Most of the northern and eastern walls of Chester upon the Roman
foundations. The date of the extension south and west is not
positively known, but took place prior to 1121-9, when Ship Gate is
mentioned in a Charter. They have been frequently repaired (2)(3).
Scheduled - City wall, towers, gates and posterns (4).
[Town walls plotted from plan (2): AO/62/171/7] (2-4)

The wall appears to have been extensively restored in 1701-08 and at
later periods, but it is probable that such restorations incorporated
the core of the original wall.
Breaks in the wall are of a minor nature except from SJ 4053 6573 to
SJ 4066 6582 where there is no trace.
The wall is surmounted by a modern pathway which is unbroken except
for the portion referred to.
See GP AO/64/230/3 (5)

The northern wall was breached in 1965 for 38.0m during the
construction of a ring road at SJ 4021 6661. It has been replaced by
a footbridge. Otherwise no change since report of 29 7 64. (6)

Chester City Walls, Grade I (7)
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 1/1250 1959
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Vol(s) : 94 - 1938
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Source details : (P H Lawson and J T Smith)
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Vol(s) : 45 - 1958
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Source details : List Anc Mon Eng and W 1961 22 (MOW)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 JHW 29-JUL-64
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : F2 DJC 25-FEB-76
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : DOE (HHR) City of Chester Ches 10-JAN-72 1 2
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Source details : Medieval Towns in England and Wales (ed) Barley
Page(s) : 58-9
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Vol(s) : 14 - 1975
Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Gate
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Walls built before 1121
Monument End Date :
Monument Start Date : 1121
Monument Type : Gate, Watch Tower, Town Defences
Evidence : Structure
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Walls restored
Monument End Date : 1708
Monument Start Date : 1701
Monument Type : Town Defences
Evidence : Structure
Components and Objects:
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 7
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 46 NW 26
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