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Chester, Cheshire & North Wales Links part II- back to part I
Possibly the most comprehensive local listing on the web!
• As of August 2001, that most pleasant of Chester's suburbs, Hoole (where we live!) has its own lively website- Hoole Online. (Shame it hasn't been updated for months though)..
• Our own Virtual Stroll Around Hoole is now online! Not much to see yet, but there is a useful selection of local links...
• Some interesting historical gems care of the parish council of Upton-by-Chester.
• They've been practising for 150 years so ought to be good by now:
the
City of Chester
Brass
Band
• A small site devoted to traditional music in Chester- the Chester Folk Survivors
• A walking and outdoor group based in and around Chester: The Chester YHA Walking Group. Thanks to Neil Spenley for this link.
• We've occasionally been know to be critical of poorly built and maintained local websites, but not this one: you'll definitely enjoy your visit to the galleries of the Chester Photographic Society
• The Chester & Ellesmere Port Enterprise Agency: "We provide free and subsidised advice, guidance and training for local residents thinking about self employment or those already in business in addition to running some services across the whole of the Cheshire area"
• The
official website
of
the
Chester
Mystery
Plays.- and here
are
a
couple
of
images
(more added soon!) by
Steve
Howe
from
his
comprehensive
documentation
of
the
1992
Chester
Mystery
Play
cycle- as with all of his photographs, available as beautiful handmade prints.
• The website of the Chester Dragon Boat Festival Their next spectacular event on the River Dee is to be 15th June 2008.
• For
long-suffering
followers
of Chester
City
Football
Club,
here's
the excellent
Unofficial
Guide and
also a
collection
of
Chester
City
&
Conference
Links.
Weirdly, the former
Official Club Site now appears to be merely an advertisment for training shoes....
• For those of you interested in balls of a different shape, here's the Chester Rugby Union Football Club
• Irreverent and hilarious: for some light relief, here are Seranus' Chester Anagrams!
• The website of the Cheshire branch of CAMRA- the Campaign for Real Ale- Out Inn Cheshire . And here's the Chester and South Clwyd branches' website.
• English Heritage's Listed Buildings of Chester. (Scan down this first page to find the start of the Chester material).
• The
internet home of Chester
Cathedral. Pity about the "entry is free of charge" remark in
the very first paragraph of the home page. Why wouldn't it be? (ah, but that's all changed now that they have introduced compusory admission charges. Shame on them.)
You
can
also
learn
about
this
wonderful
building- for free-
in
the
Cathedral
chapters
of
the
Chester
Virtual
Stroll.
• Talking
of outstanding buildings, a few miles from Chester, at Hooton Park,
are three handsome- and very rare- aircraft hangars dating from the First
World War. Despite being Grade II listed, Vauxhall Motors wanted to demolish
them in order to build an 11,500-space car park- seriously. A vigorous
campaign of objection ensured that the hangars were preserved and are
now to be restored in order to house an aviation museum. Bravo! Find out
more by visiting the Hooton Park Trust
• A new site dedicated to promoting the campaign for regaining public access
to Lake Hatchmere, Cheshire: Hatchmere.com
• The Cheshire Wildlife Trust and the splendid Caldy Nature Park
• Lots of absorbing local-interest reading here: The Cheshire Magazine
• A most fascinating long-term archaeological project is taking place at a unique site just a few miles from Chester: a 'lost' Cistercian chapel and abbey, a crowded medieval cemetery, extensive remains of Roman and Iron Age settlements and even earlier worked flints have all come to light here, thanks largely to the energy and perseverance of project director Mike Emery and his dedicated team. Who knows what the future may bring? Be sure to visit the Poulton Research Project. Do try to visit the real site- and assist them with their funding if you can!
• The website of the Chester Archaeological Society- which has recently celebrated its 150th anniversary.
• A
few
miles
from
Chester
is
Carden
Park,
home
today
to
a
large
modern
hotel
and
golf
course,
but
which
has
a
history
of
thousands
of
years
of
human
occupation-
including,
during
the
eighteenth
century,
the
'English
Hermit',
John
Harris.
Read
his
story
and
learn
about
the
ongoing
archaeological
investigations
at
Carden
in
this
fascinating
article
by
Anthony
Sinclair
and
Keith
Matthews
• Digital artist Julian Baum,
in conjunction with Chester Archaeology has commenced a major undertaking
to produce a 'virtual reconstruction' of the great fortress of Deva as
it may have appeared in the third century AD- the Chester
Project.
• The website for Cheshire's Military Museum and the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, housed at Chester Castle.
• The website of Cheshire Police
• Covering the towns of Ellesmere Port and Neston and the villages of Whitby,
Parkgate, Burton, Willaston, Hooton, Childer Thornton, Great Sutton, Little
Sutton and Ince: The South
Wirral Local Community website
• Some interesting stuff about Historic Chester and an excellent- and growing- Guide to Cheshire
• Just
a
few
miles
from
Chester
is
Ellesmere
Port.
Here
is
a
page
of
Local
Community
Links
and
also
the
website
of
their
fine
Boat
Museum
• A
site
dealing
with
the
villages
of
West
Cheshire:
Jeff
Buck's
The
Cheshire
Cat.
This
site
is
a
member
of
the
Cheshire
Webring,
which
contains
links
to
dozens
of
Cheshire-interest
websites.
• More decent guides
to Cheshire towns: Northwich,
Alsager
and Bollington and the websites
of communities
just a few miles from Chester: Mickle
Trafford and Christleton.
• Chester is, of course, world-famous for its ancient circuit of city
walls- but learn about some of the world's other walled
towns here.
• Just a few miles from Chester, and close to the historic Welsh
market town of Holywell is the wonderful and evocative Greenfield
Valley- a pre-Christian Holy spring housed in a 16th century chapel
and known as St. Winnifred's Well- 'the Lourdes of Wales'- at one
end, the stately remains of the Cistercian Basingwerk Abbey at
the other, and in between the many millponds and ruins of the 18th century
water-powered industries and 19th century railway that were once located
here. There's also a fine pub to hand- the Royal Oak- and all is set in
the midst of lush woodland. A wonderful place for a family day out.
• Mold (Y Wyddgrug) is a small, unspoiled market town in North Wales, just a few miles from Chester. The beautiful golden Mold Cape is one of Britain's most famous ancient artefacts. Find out about it here.
• Assembled by Roger Smith, far away in British Columbia, Canada,
are some interesting Hawarden
links- not only to the lovely town in North Wales, but also to
Hawardens in the USA and Canada.
For fans of the Microsft Flight Simulator, Roger has also produced the
scenery for Hawarden Airport! See his website for details.
In the user guide for release 1 of the software (1200 copies of which
were downloaded world wide) he very kindly recommends our Chester
Virtual Stroll as "THE link for people wanting to find
out more about Chester and the neighbouring North Wales area"- "While
on the subject of the local area, for those wanting to find out more about
Chester (in particular) and North Wales, I thoroughly recommend the following
web site by Steve Howe of Chester (he tells it, and keeps you informed,
just as it is) and it has many useful links too. The Hawarden Aerodrome
perimeter is just 4km (2.5 mile) from the northwest corner of the city's
medieval walls".
• Here's a
small site devoted to a beautiful old town a little further along the North Welsh
coast with spectacular walls and castle: Conwy: Another Walled Town.
• A large and fascinating site devoted to the history of Shotton
• A superb archive of old photographs of North Wales: Times Past
For those of you researching into Cheshire history or tracing your
ancestors, here's a few invaluable sources of information:
The Cheshire County Record Office, Archives and Local Studies
The Family History Society of Cheshire: Lots of information, including details of their research centre at Alderley Edge. The site includes an index to wills at Cheshire Record Office and a useful guide to Cheshire parishes as well as a selection of relevant links for Cheshire family historians.
Advice on how to trace your Welsh roots at North Wales Genealogy
Genealogy and Cheshire information in the same site: Alan's Genealogy and Cheshire, England Page
The Public Record Office and the Office for National Statistics
GENUKI- the UK and Ireland genealogy information service. Comprehensive family history links including advice for people researching UK and Irish genealogy from abroad
An
excellent internet genealogy service offered by the Mormon Church: FamilySearch
• More local interest websites may be found among our History and Archaeology Links...
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