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Chester (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 55 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the River Dee; Roman camp of Deva; amphitheatre and ramparts remain; after Romans departed ca. 380, occupied by Danes and Saxons; important under Mercian kings in the 10th century; last town to surrender to William the Conqueror in 1070; medieval galleried streets; Tudor houses; a cathedral and castle; port was important 13th-14th centuries but declined with growth of Liverpool. |
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| Chester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Caerleon (H,O)
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| Castra Devana (H,O)
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| Castra Legionium (H,O)
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| Ceaster (H,O)
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| Cestre (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Deva (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
| Devana Castra (H,O)
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| Deva Victrix (H,O)
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| Legaceaster (H,O)
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Chester (inhabited place) (P) |
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Mercia (historical region) (P,H) |
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Chester (inhabited place) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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occupied by Roman soldiers ca. 60 |
| city (C) |
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first chartered in 1176 |
| county seat (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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