Chester Castle
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Chester Castle () was built in 1069 by Hugh of Avranches in Chester, Cheshire. It was besieged during the English Civil War. It is also one of the few (perhaps the only) castles in England still occupied by the army, grid reference SJ404657.
It was rebuilt as a prison over a 37-year period from the 1790s to a design by Thomas Harrison, later County Surveyor of Cheshire.
Chester Castle is also a civil parish, and former extra-parochial area, around the Castle and County Hall. The rest of Chester is unparished.
A brief history and some pictures of Chester Castle, from Steve Howe's 'Chester: a Virtual stroll Around the Walls' may be found here: http://www.bwpics.co.uk/castle.html
[edit] Reference
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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