So I promised I’d get another blog out to finish up on what I have (through research and not a visit—SADLY—-now I wish I’d skipped a less interesting—-BUT …..) here we go more of what you might like to see and do in Chester.
Here you’ll find all manner of hands on activities, interactive displays and more to let you experience 2,000 years with a rare combination of ancient archaeological remains and modern technology to learn of the Romans, Saxons, and Medieval sites that have been, among other things, discovered here.
Did you ever feel you could just walk down a hall or an alley and find an ancient age that you had often read of—that’s the feeling places like this bring to me.
Here you will find wonderful treasures from the past including period rooms and less common items like Roman tombstones–which were discovered being used to repair a building’s walls–and the less bizzare stories of their life and times in the city of Chester. There are all manner of antiques here of course, from silver to period costumes
and on the next street behind the main Museum building is another part of the museum, a period house with rooms depecting society and times from the 17th c to the 1920’s
The strongroom of the Roman military headquarters in Hamilton Place, just off Northgate Street. This was a secure storage area for the army’s pay chests. Chester’s Archaeological Remains
The column we mentioned before is near the town hall. If you move around the corner and down a tiny alley at the end–you can peer down on walls (protected by glass) just behind what could have been the vast precipus.
Here at the Kings Head they strive to bring history back to life
in their 400 year old building, one drink at a time. Being one of the Uk’s most haunted buildings, they insist they draw inspiration from those same spirits within the building pictured above walls aswell as what’s on the bar.
Ok what’s a visit to an old city without a visit with at least one haunted building—and this one you can both drink, eat and sleep at…WOW.
One of the things that drew me to learn more about Chester were the beautiful, stunning and magnificant black and white timber framed buildings and this is most definately one of those.
It dates from the 16th century and is still operating hotel, restauant and bar. In the descriptions I have read it’s described a having low-beamed interiors with wooden partitions, as well as stained glass panels and time worn pews and sounds very atmospheric.
But wait if you stay at the inn or stop for a meal and/or a few drinks you might come across some much older but less substantial residents of the ancient Inn.
For instance
Room 6: The Daresbury Room
Guests who have stayed here have described icy breezes from the wall by the bed often including the crying of a baby (reportedly even when there’s no actual babes staying in the inn).
Room 4
The permanent resident in this room is quieter and just writes notes on the bathroom mirror.
In the restaurant
they tend to just annoy the wait staff by rearrange eating utensils and the like.
But over all they seem to make the inn more interesting and are a draw to the Inn and other facilities rather than detraction and don’t seem to me to try to scare gueste away. Besides people like me would be disappointed if they didn’t have a ghost or two–wouldn’t you?
Vicar’s Lane/Little John St.: the Parrish church which has active services set within the area of the original much larger Cathedral with it structure providing ruins in the same area—-the size of the former cathederal allowing for a parrish church to florish within its space that has been restored within the site.
Local tradition after the Battle of Hastingsis that King Harold lived in Chester. Though History sayes Harold died in battled at Hasting–there are several legends that disagree with this. In fact one says that he settled as a recluse here, in the Anchante, a small rectangular house perched on top of a sandstone outcropping. Supposed for hermits, the cell can be seen down a foot path, along side the church, which leads to a river side walk.
Which is now an office Building. Close to Stanley Palace. Watergate St. Late 16th c. town house. Sedan Chair porch with doors on either side for the chair to stop
it was once the site of a busy harbor where wine, oiive oil and other goods were unloaded from ships that docked at the city walls—but eventually the Dee silted up and changed it’s course.
Just over the Dee in the old legionary quarries. She was protector of warriors and craftsmen. Now eroaded wood cuts show figures with a spear and an owl on her shoulder
Across the Medieval Old Dee Bridge at Handbridge on the south side of the river. Remains of quarry (AD 100) from when the Romans rebuilt the wooden fortress in stone.
The strongroom of the Roman military headquarters in Hamilton Place, just off Northgate Street. This was a secure storage area for the army’s pay chests. Chester’s Archaeological Remains
