Author : George Ashdown Audsley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666230966
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (39 download)
Book Synopsis The Stranger's Handbook to Chester, Eaton Hall, Hawarden Castles (Classic Reprint) by : George Ashdown Audsley
Download or read book The Stranger's Handbook to Chester, Eaton Hall, Hawarden Castles (Classic Reprint) written by George Ashdown Audsley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Stranger's Handbook to Chester, Eaton Hall, Hawarden Castles Hester stands alone amongst all the ancient cities and towns of Great Britain - unique in its history, disposition, and architectural character. Certainly we have 110 town which has retained so many important monuments of its original founders; and which presents at the present day so many evidences of its mediaeval character. In addition to this no town in Bumpe can show its walls in so complete a state as those of Chester. These facts alone are sufficient to render Chester a place of absorbing interest to the antiquarian, architect, historian, and the educated visitor. It is not too much to say that no intelligent visitor will ever regret or forget the days or hours he may devote to the examination of this most interesting place. Speaking of the early state of Chester, Winkle truth fully remarks: Of all the Roman stations in Britain, Chester seems to have been the most important. It wascalled Chester par excellence, all other stations or chesters had some addition to distinguish them from one another and from this, which was the chester, the camp, fire station of stations. What it might have been before the Roman invasion, may be left to the enquiry of those who delight to roam at large in the wide and pleasant regions of conjecture. To those who would rather tread the paths of certainty, it will be sufficient to trace the history of this city no higher than the settlement of the Romans on this spot, of which there can be no doubt. Proofs of this fact are numerous enough in and near the city of Chester, such as pavements, brick work, vessels and coins of Roman workmanship. We agree with Winkle in this; and shall content ourselves in the following brief survey of the History of Chester by tracing its rise and progress from the Roman occupation. Chester was doubtless an early British town or camp long before the Roman Invasion, and, in conjunction with the natural advantages of its situation, it in all probability was of considerable importance. Whatever it may have been, it was swept away when the Twentieth Legion took possession of the spot and made it the most important camp in Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
