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5 days ago · This is the first of two volumes providing an authoritative and detailed treatment of Chester's history, meticulously researched from the original sources. Victoria County History - Chester . Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2003.
Sep 30, 2024 · A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 2, the City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions Part 2 of the volume details thematically with the economic, cultural and religious institutions of the city, as well as its local government and public services.
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Rumours of plots prevailed for some time after theRestoration. In 1661 doubts about the loyalty of thecitizens led the corporation to pay for a permanentguard of 30 men and to stockpile match, while thecounty militia was also placed on alert. (fn. 1) In 1662 thegovernment stationed 60 foot soldiers in Chester, andthe following year, immediately aft...
The M.P.s returned in 1661, Sir Thomas Smith, Bt.,and the recorder, John Ratcliffe, upheld the city'sinterests in parliament but were not especially active. (fn. 31) The contested byelection on Ratcliffe's death in 1673,between Colonel Robert Werden, a courtier with localconnexions, and the recorder, William Williams,involved serious disorder and a...
The city received its first post-Restoration charter in1664. It confirmed Chester's liberties with minoramendments, including a standard clause makingappointments to the recordership and the clerkshipof the Pentice subject to royal approval. (fn. 44) Interferencewas minimal for many years, although in 1667 Governor Sir Geoffrey Shakerley helped to ...
Despite the purges of 1662 and the 1680s the Assemblyusually included some very experienced aldermen. (fn. 83) Two who had served without a break since before theCivil War, Robert Harvey and William Ince the elder,remained until their deaths in 1669 and 1678. Of thenew appointees in 1662 two served until the 1690s.Apparently very few men tried to a...
Chester County was one of the three original Pennsylvania counties created by William Penn in 1682. It was named for Chester, England. It is part of the Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington, PA- NJ - DE - MD metropolitan statistical area.
3 days ago · According to the FiveThirtyEight polling average on Oct. 28, the race for president in Pennsylvania is “even” with Trump up 48 percent to Harris’ 47.6 percent. The most recent New York Times poll also categorized the race for the Commonwealth as a dead heat, with each candidate receiving 48 percent of the poll results.
Oct 21, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican Congressperson Liz Cheney launched a three-state campaign tour in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
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A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography. This is the first of two volumes providing an authoritative and detailed treatment of Chester's history, meticulously researched from the original sources. Victoria County History - Chester.
