EPW058005 ENGLAND (1938). The Castle, Dee Bridge and the town, Chester, 1938. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.

Edgars Field. There are reports of a shrine to Minerva (well weathered) in this area.

Ship Inn

Nun's Road - the Racecourse (the Roodee) is to the left.

Nicholas Street

River Dee

Chester Northgate Station, closed October 1969, had two platforms and served trains from Manchester, Birkenhead and North Wales. These services transferred to Chester General Station.

Bridge Street

Chester Cathedral, with the Nave to the left, the Choir and Lady Chapel to the right. Central is the large South Transept with the South door.

St Michaels Church, now a museum as Chester History and Heritage Centre. On the site of an earlier church. Almost completely rebuilt 1582, widened 1678, steeple built 1710. Usual 19th century major rebuilding about 1850 although the 1496 chancel roof remains. Declared redundant in 1972. The "Bridge Street Row" passes through the lower level of the tower.

Old Dee Bridge, built 1354, restored 1374. Once fitted with a drawbridge to deter Welsh raiders.

Chester Weir dates back to 1093

Chester Castle, originally a motte and bailey form of defence. The site is now used as a Crown Court and by the University of Chester. The entry from the road at the top part here is through a structure called the Propylaeum which as with the other buildings was built between 1780 and 1820. The entrance leads directly through the yard to the Shire Hall (now Crown Court). On the right in this image is the former barracks, now a military museum. Towards the left is a square tower, the Agricola Tower (12th C) - the chapel was reconsecrated in 1925 and is a regimental chapel (Chapel of St Mary de Castro).

Agricola Tower (12th C)

Church of St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, redundant in 1970's. Now an educational centre. Built in the 14th/15th centuries to serve the Castle, rebuilt 1693, and "restored" in the 19th Century. The furnishings have all been removed but many memorials remain.