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Another walk back in time to Chester le Street in County Durham. I run a Chester le Street History Group on facebook these are photos I have collected over t...
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Some of the Photos I have collected over the last 10 years for my Facebook Group the History of Chester le Street. This is one of my many Chester le Street v...
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A video looking at some of the places we have lost over the years in Chester le Street this is only a tiny fraction. But hopefully it will jog a few memories...
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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”.
Chester-le-Street (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s t ə l i s t r iː t /) [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 and Sunderland . [ 4 ]
Chester-le-Street is one of County Durham’s oldest markets towns and is famous for the Shrove Tuesday football match, which probably had its origins in medieval times. This was the resting place of St Cuthbert for more than a century and was later home to a thriving coal industry, but today the town is best known for its cricket club.
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Jan 19, 1992 · Addeddate 2015-03-30 20:41:06 Identifier ChesterLeStreetAndDistrictThePeopleAndThePlace Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t80k5qc3t Ocr
