Chapter I: Front Matter

[Picture: Cover]

[Picture: Decorative graphic for Evans & Gresty, Engravers, 71 Eastgate
Row, Chester]

[Picture: Chester from Curzon Park]

[Picture: Plan of Chester]

ROBERTS’
CHESTER GUIDE;

WITH

FORTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.

AND AN

ILLUSTRATED PLAN OF THE CITY.

REVISED BY

JOHN HICKLIN,

_Editor of the Chester Courant_, _and Honorary Secretary of the Chester
Archæological_
_and Historic Society_.

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CHESTER:
HUGH ROBERTS, EASTGATE ROW.
LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO.; AND WHITTAKER & CO.
AND OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

INDEX.

PAGE Abbey Gate 57 Bars 46 Bridge Gate 41 Bridge 42 Bridge Street 60 Cab Fares 106 Cathedral 65 Castle 35 Cemetery 35 Chester—Its Ancient History 1 Chester—Its Ecclesiastical History 11 Chester—Its Municipal Institutions 12 Churches 78–90 City Gaol 32 County Gaol 37 County Hall 37 Dissenting Places of Worship 90–95 Distances 108 Eastgate 45 Eaton Hall 97 Exchange 56 Grosvenor Bridge 40 Hotels 108 House of Industry 35 Infirmary 31 Mayors of Chester 15 Music Hall 58 Museum 30 Newgate 44 Northgate 27 Old Houses 54 Pemberton’s Parlour 29 Phœnix Tower 26 Population 107 Railway Station 105 Roman Antiquities 17 Roodeye 33 Rows 49 Schools 95 Streets 51 Training College 29 Walls of Chester 26 Water Gate 32 Water Tower 30