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- It was built for an anchorite, an extreme form of hermit. His or her walled-up cell had only a slit to observe the altar and an opening for food, while outside was an open grave for when the occupant died. It was occupied by six anchorites from 1383 to c. 1538, and is now a museum known as the Anker's House.
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John Leland, Henry VIII’s antiquarian described Chester-le-Street as “one main street of very mean building in height” and noted that the bridge across the “Conebrook” was “a very fair bridge of three arches.”
John Leland described Chester-le-Street in the 1530s as "Chiefly one main street of very mean building in height.", a sentiment echoed by Daniel Defoe.
Heritage Trail Website. Chester-le-Street Heritage Trail is a walk around the town and covers the town’s history from the Roman period to present day. It is a circular walk that can be started at any point. The route is marked with way markers, information boards and plaques on some of the prominent buildings in the town.
John Leland described Chester-le-Street in the 1530s as "Chiefly one main street of very mean building in height.", a sentiment echoed by Daniel Defoe. St Mary and St Cuthbert church It was built for an anchorite, an extreme form of hermit.
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The Romans called their fort Concangis or Concagium, a Latinisation of the British name for the area; "Place of the horse people", which also gave name to the waterway through the town, Cong Burn. The precise Roman name is uncertain as it does not appear in Roman records, but Concangisis the assumed name most used today. In Anglo-Saxon times the se...
There is evidence of Iron Age use of the River Wear near the town, but the history of Chester-le-Steet starts with the Roman fort of Concangis. This was built alongside the Roman road, Cade's Road, (now Front Street) and close to the River Wear, around 100 AD, and was occupied until the Romans had retreated from Britain by the early fifth century. ...
John Leland described Chester-le-Street in the 1530s as: Chiefly one main street of very mean building in height. Daniel Defoe echoed the sentiment.
The Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground at Chester-le-Street is home to Durham County Cricket Club which became a first class county in 1992. The town also has its own cricket club 1. Cricket: 1.1. Durham County Cricket Club 1.2. Cricket Club 2. Rowing: Chester-le-Street Rowing Club, based on the River Wear
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1. Selkirk, Raymond (2000). Chester-le-Street & Its Place in History. Birtley, County Durham: Casdec Print & Design Centre. ISBN 1-900456-05-2. 2. Purdon, Gavin (1992). Chester-le-Street and district – The people and the place.
The descriptions of small towns in John Leland's Itinerary provide valuable evidence about their economic functions and fortunes in a period often categorized as one of urban decline. Leland described markets, ports, industries, buildings and transport links.
Description. "The town of Chester-le-Street stands in a valley to the west of the River Wear about five miles to the north of Durham...The Roman fort at Chester-le-Street, known as Concangis, was probably founded in around AD216. Many other Roman forts have been found in the area.
