CHESTER CASTLE

'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, .
It was rebuilt as a prison between 1788 and 1822 to a design by Thomas Harrison, later County Surveyor of Cheshire.^[1]
Chester Castle is also a civil parish, and former extra-parochial area, around the Castle and County Hall. The rest of Chester is unparished.
Today, much of the castle has been levelled. The only remaining visible exterior features are certain of the exterior walls. The layout of the outer bailey is marked by a car park for the offices of Cheshire County Council, the Chester Military Museum and the County Court.^[2] However, the inner bailey is preserved and can be visited.

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Notes and References

1. Guide to Chester Castle from Chester City Council
2. Chester Castle from castleuk.net

Bibliography

★ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, ''The David & Charles Book of Castles'', David & Charles, 1980, p.207. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

External links

★ From ''Chester: a Virtual stroll Around the Walls''.