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   Chester-le-Street ( / ˈtʃɛstərlistriːt /) [2] [3] is a market town in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is located around 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of Durham and is also close to Newcastle upon Tyne. [4] The town holds markets on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. [5]

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     Formation. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as part...

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     Chester-le-Street. Chester-le-Street [2] [3] is an ancient...

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   Formation. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local administration throughout England and Wales carried out under the Local Government Act 1972. Chester-le-Street was one of eight non-metropolitan districts into which County Durham was divided, and was formed from the areas of the abolished urban ...

3. chesterlestreetheritage.org › brief-historyBrief History – Chester-le-Street Heritage Group

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   Brief History. The known history of Chester-le-Street dates back to 122AD when a Roman fort was built along the banks of the River Wear. The site of the fort was centred on the Church Chare area, and possibly called “Congangis”. The fort was a base for the legions stationed on Hadrian’s Wall and rebuilt several times before it was ...

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   Chester-le-Street. Chester-le-Street [2] [3] is an ancient town in the northeast of England. It is in County Durham. Where it stands was a Roman fort called Concangis. This is the 'Chester' (from the Latin castra) of the town's name. 'Street' refers to the paved Roman road that ran north-south through the town.

5. www.thisisdurham.com › chester-le-streetChester-le-Street | Historic market town in the Vale of Durham

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   Chester-le-Street is a great north market town, home of the Riverside Cricket Ground and proud of its Christian heritage.. The picturesque cricket venue is home to Durham Cricket and hosts more than 50 days of domestic cricket from April - September as well as international fixtures and big name concerts, with Elton John, Sir Tom Jones and Diana Ross all performing at the venue in recent years.

6. englandsnortheast.co.uk › chester-le-streetChester-le-Street history - England's North East

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   Chester-le-Street was undoubtedly an important centre in this period of the ‘Viking era’ but in recent years its role as the home of the one time shrine of St Cuthbert has been challenged by new academic research that cast doubts on the historic documents that claim Chester-le-Street was the home to the successors of the Bishops of Lindisfarne and shrine of St Cuthbert for 113 years.

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   Where is Chester-le-Street?

   • Chester-le-Street ( / ˈtʃɛstərlistriːt /) is a market town in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is located around 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of Durham and is also close to Newcastle upon Tyne. The town holds markets on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

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   What was Chester le Street known for?

   • By the early eighteenth-century Chester le Street was at the heart of the developing coalfields. The Great North Road ran through the town En route from London to Newcastle. The main inns Lambton Arms, Queens Head and Kings Head were all coaching Inns.

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   What is the history of Chester-le-Street?

   • The known history of Chester-le-Street dates back to 122AD when a Roman fort was built along the banks of the River Wear. The site of the fort was centred on the Church Chare area, and possibly called “Congangis”.

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   Why is it called Chester-le-Street?

   • It is the ‘street’ of Chester-le-Street’s name, as the term ‘street’ ultimately derives from ‘via-strata’ or ‘paved way’ and was often a name given to former Roman roads by the later Anglo-Saxons. Chester-le-Street’s Roman fort was built on a naturally raised piece of land between the River Wear to the east and Cong Burn to the north.

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8. en.wikivoyage.org › wiki › Chester-le-StreetChester-le-Street – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

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   Understand. "Chester" indicates the Roman fort of Concangis, and "le-Street" was what they marched along sinister-dexter. But when the Romans left Britain in 410 AD the settlement lay deserted for almost 500 years until monks fleeing Lindisfarne arrived. They brought with them a long-dead saint, a real live bishop (making this tiny place a ...