EXPLORING CHESTER: Walking on the ancient ROMAN WALLS (ENGLAND) ????️
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CHESTER, ENGLAND | Snow at the Roman Amphitheatre
A chilly morning in Chester, checking out some Roman ruins.
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Roman Army ( Chester Roman Weekend 2012 ). Part 1
The Roman Army enactment in Chester ( Latin name : DEVA ) between the 2nd and 3rd June 2012. Chester ( DEVA ) was once the Roman Army's principle Legionary Fortress governing the North-West of England and Northern .Wales.
Dewa Roman Experience, Chester - a family day out
Discovering Roman history in Chester with kids, a visit to Dewa Roman Experience (also known as Deva) - from a virtual galley ride to life in Roman Britain, then discovering the genuine excavations on the same site. It's a great family day out, with lots of hands-on activities, from dressing up to excavating mosaics and building an arch bridge, as well as artefacts found from the ancient fort.
Disclosure: Our entry was courtesy of the attraction - all opinions and decision to make this video are my own. Visit for more information.
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A Nathan Jones Promotional Video: This is a promotional video I wrote, directed and filmed for Chester Roman Tours.
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
An early animation from the development model for the Severan amphitheatre at Chester. Take 27 were closely involved with the post-excavation work of understanding the structure, using 3D geometry extrapolated purely from the evidence of the most recent dig, and those during the 20th Century. Take 27's Julian Baum is a co-author with Tony Wilmott, senior archaeologist at Historic England, on the chapter in volume one of the report, detailing the analysis and interpretation of the structure. Take 27 created all of the digital model reconstructions.
Chester - Roman Invasion
Parade filmed in the walled city of Chester,
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Places to see in ( Chester - UK )
Places to see in ( Chester - UK )
Chester is a city in northwest England, founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century A.D. It's known for its extensive Roman walls made of local red sandstone. In the old city, the Rows is a shopping district distinguished by 2-level covered arcades and Tudor-style half-timber buildings. A Roman amphitheatre, with ongoing excavations, lies just outside the old city's walls.
Chester is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales. Chester was founded as a castrum or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the reign of the Emperor Vespasian in 79 AD. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Saxons extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to fall to the Normans. William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a castle, to dominate the town and the nearby Welsh border.
Chester is one of the best preserved walled cities in Britain. It has a number of medieval buildings, but some of the black-and-white buildings within the city centre are Victorian restorations. Apart from a 100-metre (330 ft) section, the listed Grade I walls are almost complete. The Industrial Revolution brought railways, canals, and new roads to the city, which saw substantial expansion and development – Chester Town Hall and the Grosvenor Museum are examples of Victorian architecture from this period.
Bus transport in the city is provided by Stagecoach Group and Arriva Buses Wales, the council owned and operated ChesterBus (formerly Chester City Transport). Chester formerly had two railway stations. Chester General railway station remains in use but Chester Northgate closed in 1969 as a result of the Beeching Axe. The Chester Canal had locks down to the River Dee. Canal boats could enter the river at high tide to load goods directly onto seagoing vessels.
Alot to see in ( Chester - UK ) such as :
Grosvenor Museum
Eastgate and Eastgate Clock
Grosvenor Park, Chester
Chester Zoo
Cheshire Military Museum
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
St Michael's Church, Chester
Chester Cathedral
Blue Planet Aquarium
Chester Castle
Ness Botanic Gardens
Tatton Park
Wales Coast Path
Chester city walls
Dewa Roman Experience
Chester Roman Gardens
St John the Baptist's Church, Chester
Hawarden Castle
Chester Cathedral Falconry and Nature Gardens
King Charles Tower, Chester UK
Minerva's Shrine, Chester
Chester High Cross
Suspension Bridge, Chester
Blacon Adventure Playground
Marford Quarry
( Chester - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Chester . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Chester - UK
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Roman Amphitheatre, Chester
The Roman Amphitheatre in Chester is one of the few examples in Britain. You can almost hear the chariots speeding by and the Gladiatorial battles in full swing! It was excavated in the 1960s and is one of the most elaborate in Britain. In Roman times, Chester was a military base and was called Deva.
Places to see in ( Chester - UK )
Places to see in ( Chester - UK )
Chester is a city in northwest England, founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century A.D. It's known for its extensive Roman walls made of local red sandstone. In the old city, the Rows is a shopping district distinguished by 2-level covered arcades and Tudor-style half-timber buildings. A Roman amphitheatre, with ongoing excavations, lies just outside the old city's walls.
Chester is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales. Chester was founded as a castrum or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the reign of the Emperor Vespasian in 79 AD. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Saxons extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to fall to the Normans. William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a castle, to dominate the town and the nearby Welsh border.
Chester is one of the best preserved walled cities in Britain. It has a number of medieval buildings, but some of the black-and-white buildings within the city centre are Victorian restorations. Apart from a 100-metre (330 ft) section, the listed Grade I walls are almost complete. The Industrial Revolution brought railways, canals, and new roads to the city, which saw substantial expansion and development – Chester Town Hall and the Grosvenor Museum are examples of Victorian architecture from this period.
Bus transport in the city is provided by Stagecoach Group and Arriva Buses Wales, the council owned and operated ChesterBus (formerly Chester City Transport). Chester formerly had two railway stations. Chester General railway station remains in use but Chester Northgate closed in 1969 as a result of the Beeching Axe. The Chester Canal had locks down to the River Dee. Canal boats could enter the river at high tide to load goods directly onto seagoing vessels.
Alot to see in ( Chester - UK ) such as :
Grosvenor Museum
Eastgate and Eastgate Clock
Grosvenor Park, Chester
Chester Zoo
Cheshire Military Museum
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
St Michael's Church, Chester
Chester Cathedral
Blue Planet Aquarium
Chester Castle
Ness Botanic Gardens
Tatton Park
Wales Coast Path
Chester city walls
Dewa Roman Experience
Chester Roman Gardens
St John the Baptist's Church, Chester
Hawarden Castle
Chester Cathedral Falconry and Nature Gardens
King Charles Tower, Chester UK
Minerva's Shrine, Chester
Chester High Cross
Suspension Bridge, Chester
Blacon Adventure Playground
Marford Quarry
( Chester - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Chester . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Chester - UK
Join us for more :
Romans in England - City Walls, Spa, Amphitheater of Chester!!!!
full length video of my walking tour of the Roman walls of Chester UK, I point out the Roman Amphitheater, Roman Walls and Gates, and remnants of a Roman Bath House / Spa.
In about 74 or 75 AD the Roman legion Legio II Adiutrix established a fortress in Chester. Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade. From about 100 AD they were reconstructed using sandstone, but were not completed until over 100 years later. Following the Roman occupation nothing is known about the condition of the walls until Æthelflæd refounded Chester as a burgh in 907. The defences were improved, although the precise nature of the improvement is not known. After the Norman conquest, the walls were extended to the west and the south to form a complete circuit of the medieval city. The circuit was probably complete by the middle of the 12th century.
Roman Chester
A brief introduction to the Roman History of Chester.
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Starring: Hannah James & Harry Warrell
Music: Fluety Sting, Truth of the Legend by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Directed, Filmed & Edited by: Christopher Wilkinson
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Created as part of a CO4112 assignment, for Interactive Digital Media at the University of Chester.
Chester in 1980. Views of Eastgate, The Walls, Canal, Roman Ruins, and a River boat on the Dee
A walk round Chester in 1980, including along Eastgate, walking along the city walls, a look at the canal, a visit to the Roman Gardens and Roman amphitheatre and a trip on the river.
Shot by Dr Stanley Solomons on Kodak Super 8 film using a Eumig Mini 5 camera
A Walk Through Chester Cathedral, Chester, England
Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral (formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery, dedicated to Saint Werburgh) is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Since 1541 it has been the seat of the Bishop of Chester.
The cathedral is a Grade I listed building, and part of a heritage site that also includes the former monastic buildings to the north, which are also listed Grade I. The cathedral, typical of English cathedrals in having been modified many times, dates from between 1093 and the early 16th century, although the site itself may have been used for Christian worship since Roman times. All the major styles of English medieval architecture, from Norman to Perpendicular, are represented in the present building.
The cathedral and former monastic buildings were extensively restored during the 19th century (amidst some controversy), and a free-standing bell-tower was added in the 20th century. The buildings are a major tourist attraction in Chester. In addition to holding services for Christian worship, the cathedral is used as a venue for concerts and exhibitions.
he city of Chester was an important Roman stronghold. There may have been a Christian basilica on the site of the present cathedral in the late Roman era, while Chester was controlled by Legio XX Valeria Victrix. Legend holds that the basilica was dedicated to St Paul and Saint Peter. This is supported by evidence that in Saxon times the dedication of an early chapel on this site was changed from Saint Peter to Saint Werburgh.
During the Dark Ages Barloc of Norbury, a Catholic Celtic saint and hermit, was venerated at Chester Cathedral with a feast day on 10 September. He is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript; he also occurs in a litany in the Tanner of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
In the 10th century, St Werburgh's remains were brought to Chester, and 907 AD her shrine was placed in the church. It is thought that Æthelfleda turned the church into a college of secular canons, and that it was given a charter by King Edgar in 968. The collegiate church, as it was then, was restored in 1057 by Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Lady Godiva. This church was razed to the ground around 1090, with the secular canons evicted, and no known trace of it remains.
Although little trace of the 10th-century church has been discovered, save possibly some Saxon masonry found during a 1997 excavation of the nave, there is much evidence of the monastery of 1093. This work in the Norman style may be seen in the northwest tower, the north transept and in remaining parts of the monastic buildings. The abbey church, beginning with the Lady Chapel at the eastern end, was extensively rebuilt in Gothic style during the 13th and 14th centuries. At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, the cloister, the central tower, a new south transept, the large west window and a new entrance porch to the south had just been built in the Perpendicular style, and the southwest tower of the façade had been begun. The west front was given a Tudor entrance, but the tower was never completed.
In 1636 the space beneath the south west tower became a bishop's consistory court. It was furnished as such at that time, and is now a unique survival in England, hearing its last case, that of an attempted suicide of a priest, in the 1930s. Until 1881, the south transept, which is unusually large, also took on a separate function as an independent ecclesiastical entity: the parish church of St Oswald. Although the 17th century saw additions to the furnishings and fittings, there was no further building work for several centuries. By the 19th century, the building was badly in need of restoration. The present homogeneous appearance that the cathedral presents from many exterior angles is largely the work of Victorian restorers, particularly George Gilbert Scott.
Chester Roman Fort
Video tour of Chester's Roman Fort Bath House
Chester UK Walking Tour
Chester UK Walking Tour including David Mitchell the Town Crier.
Tour Guides Travel Guides presents another international walking tour. This time, we are touring Chester; located in the North West of England, in the County of Cheshire and on the border of North Wales.
During this walking tour we visited the following locations:
1) The Walls
2) The Amphitheatre
3) Chester Cathedral also called: Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Saint Werburgh
4) River Dee
5) Roodee Race Course
6) The Rows
7) East Gate
8) North Gate
9) Market Cross
We had the great honor of meeting the legendary David Mitchell who is, the only scheduled Town Crier in England. Every Tuesday to Saturday, from June to August, at 12:00 noon visit the Market Cross to see him live.
Chester's Roman Festival 2011
This is Deva, the Chester Roman Festival presented by Chester Roman Tours. The largest Roman march through the city, Roman camp and gladiator battles.
Chester's Roman Fort: Explore the 2000 year old Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall
On the way to Scotland we had planned to stop somewhere along Hadrian's Wall. Mom really wanted to see it. I had heard that Housesteads Fort was the best place to go, but since we were coming from Barnard Castle we decided that Chester's Roman Fort was the better choice. Chester's Fort is only 1/4 mile West of Chollerford, in Northumberland, on B6318. This was the first of a few places we visited that had no direct connection to our family.
We went through the museum, which has a lot of interesting artifacts from the Roman period. A walk down a path from the back of the museum leads to the fort ruins.
Originally called Cilurnum, Chester's Fort was built ca. 124 AD, just after Hadrian's Wall. It's primary purpose was to guard the bridge across the River North Tyne. The fort replaced a turret, as forts were not part of the original design of Hadrian's Wall in 122. It straddled the wall with roughly half built North of the wall and the rest South. The fort housed a Cavalry Regiment of 500 soldiers called Augusta.
Around 178 AD the fort was occupied by the Second Asturians; a cavalry unit from Spain who remained at Chester's until the end of the Roman period. Much of the fort was rebuilt for the Asturians, and the visible barracks are from this time. During the period of 180 AD to 250 AD a settlement grew outside the fort walls. While there have been no excavations of the settlement, evidence from other forts suggest that it would have been abandoned by the end of the 3rd century due to the increase of civil wars and barbarian invasions.
Through the 4th century Chester's declined. Few inscriptions were made to record daily life or fort history. Soldiers were not paid cash as much as previously but instead received goods or services. Chester's would have been increasingly cut off from Rome, but it is not known whether the unit was removed or simply left to fend for themselves. There is no evidence of occupation of Chester's after the 5th century. Around 675 the bridge was dismantled to build the church at Hexham.
In 1796 the land was owned by Nathaniel Clayton. He had the fort leveled and buried to form a park between his mansion and the river. His son John inherited the place in 1832 and began excavation work at the fort. He also bought the land at Housesteads and began excavation work there. After John died in 1890 his nephew Nathaniel George Clayton continued work until 1895. He commissioned the museum in 1896, and it was finished in 1903.
In 1954 the fort, baths, and wall were placed in the care of the Ministry of Works, now English Heritage. As we had bought an English Heritage OVP we got in for free.
Chester's Roman Fort at English Heritage
The Wikipedia article on Cilurnum
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Exploring historic Chester, Roman amphitheatre and baths and medieval buildings
Exploring the city of Chester in England, UK,. Looking at the almost 2000 year old Roman history, Roman amphitheatre and baths and a walk by the river Dee.
A look at ye olde Kings head medieval pub which parts of the building are over 800 years old and was featured on most haunted television program and is said to be one of the most haunted buildings in the UK.
A quick pint inside and a walk around the city centre and on the Roman/medieval walls.
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