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West of Chester town, the River Dee flows through an artificial canal dug between 1732 and 1736. The work was planned and carried out by engineers from the Netherlands and paid for by local merchants alongside Chester Corporation. Since the end of the seventeenth century trade in Chester had steadily... read more →

Found in the four main streets of Chester town, The Rows are unique with nothing precisely similar said to exist anywhere else in the world. They comprise of covered shopping walkways above street level on the first floor of buildings and conversely many more on the street below built largely... read more →