TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHESTER GUIDE ADVERTISER. THE OLD-ESTABLISHED SEED WAREHOUSE,
FOOTNOTES.
Chester, from Curzon Park
THE
STRANGER’S HANDBOOK
TO CHESTER
AND ITS ENVIRONS;
CONTAINING
A SHORT SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES,
A Descriptive Walk round the Walls,
AND
A VISIT TO THE CATHEDRAL, CASTLE, AND EATON HALL.
BY THOMAS HUGHES.
WITH THIRTY-FOUR NEW ILLUSTRATIONS, BY GEORGE MEASOM.
“My guide, philosopher, and friend.”
ENTERED AT STATIONERS’. HALL.
CHESTER:
THOMAS CATHERALL, BOOKSELLER, EASTGATE ROW.
LONDON: WHITTAKER & CO., AND WARD & LOCK.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
TO
EDWARD HAWKINS, ESQ., F.R.S. & F.S.A.,
KEEPER OF THE ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
AND A “CHESHIRE MAN” WITHAL,
THIS NEW
STRANGER’S HANDBOOK TO THE CITY OF CHESTER
IS,
WITH A LIVELY SENSE OF HIS UNIFORM KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP,
GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.