Excavations at Chester: Medieval and post-medieval development
within the northern and eastern suburbs to c. 1900 brings together
for the first time the results from archaeological investigations
carried out within the suburbs to the north and east of the
medieval and later City of Chester between 2002 and 2018. At sites
investigated to both the north and east of the City, significant
stretches of the defensive ditch cut during the Civil War of the
17th century were excavated. The results bring into question the
accepted lines of these massive defensive outworks. To the
northwest of the City, the findings demonstrate that the land
remained agricultural until late in the 18th century and was not
truly developed until the arrival of the canal network. To the
north of the City, development of terraced housing had begun by the
1830s, shortly before the arrival of the railway network, in the
area that would become the suburb of Newtown.To the east of the
City, and north of the major route of Foregate Street, evidence for
industry in the form of tanneries was uncovered on land that had
otherwise been predominately agricultural. This area too witnessed
an explosion in terraced housing from the beginning of the 19th
century, and the remains of buildings relating to both
entertainment and worship were also encountered.
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