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1. chesterlestreetheritage.org › chester-ladsChester Lads & Lasses - Chester-le-Street Heritage

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   Chester Lads & Lasses. In 2018 the group embarked on an ambitious project to research and record what impact World War One had on the town and surrounding area. It was funded by a Heritage Lottery Grant and split into two main areas of research.

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2. co-curate.ncl.ac.uk › chester-le-street-at-warChester-le-Street at War | Co-Curate

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   Chester-le-Street at War During the First World War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England. These have been made available by Newcastle Libraries .

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

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   According to one strand of historical records it is claimed that in AD 882 after around seven years of wandering the North, the carriers of St Cuthbert’s coffin were granted land at what is now called Chester-le-Street by a Viking king called Guthred.

4. chesterlestreetheritage.orgChester-le-Street Heritage Group – The History of Chester-le ...

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   Over the years the Heritage Group have produced a number of booklets, our two latest are “The Bevin Boys” tells the story of men conscripted during WW2 to work in the mines. Also “Chester Lads & Lasses Remembered” a tribute to those killed during WW1 and are remembered on the town’s war memorials.

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5. chesterlestreetheritage.org › historyHistory – Chester-le-Street Heritage Group

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   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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7. www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk › html-files › chester-le-streetChester-le-Street (Co. Durham), - ww1-yorkshires.org.uk

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   The War Memorial for Chester-le-Street, which commemorates those killed in both World Wars and subsequent conflicts, was dedicated on 10 May 2015. This memorial is in the Market Place, located between North and South Burns.

8. durhamrecordoffice.org.uk › our-records › durhamResearching First World War British Soldiers

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   Several of the POWs interviewed had served with the DLI or Northumberland Fusiliers, e.g. Arthur Leggett from Chester le Street, who was wounded and taken prisoner in April 1915, whilst serving with the 8th Battalion DLI.

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   What is Chester-le-Street famous for?

   • Also “Chester Lads & Lasses Remembered” a tribute to those killed during WW1 and are remembered on the town’s war memorials. 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.

   Chester-le-Street Heritage Group – The History of Chester-le-Street

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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.

   Chester-le-Street history - England's North East

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   What is the Chester-le-Street history group?

   • The main activities of the Group is the study of local history, in particular Chester-le-Street and the surrounding area. Our intention is to research and share information and knowledge relating to the history of Chester-le-Street.

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   Where is Chester-le-Street?

   • During the twentieth century Chester-le-Street developed and grew westward on both sides of the Cong Burn including the South Pelaw area to the north but more particularly south of the burn in the Bullion Lane, Whitehill Way and Waldridge Road areas. It is here south of the burn we find most of modern Chester-le-Street.

   Chester-le-Street history - England's North East

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   What happened in Chester-le-Street?

   • In Chester-le-Street the Wear was so swollen that it extended above the arch of the new bridge which is more than a quarter of a mile from the channel of the river.” History of the towns Workhouse. Details of archaeological excavations on Newcastle Road. History of the Co-Op from its formation in 1852 until its closure in 2007.

   History – Chester-le-Street Heritage Group

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   Who painted Chester-le-Street?

   • Striking are the painted panels by A.K Nicholson which show events associated with Chester-le-Street’s history. One panel shows the monks arriving in Chester-le-Street with St Cuthbert’s body and another depicts King Alfred the Great confirming the grant of the land made by Guthred.

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