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Latitude: 53.1894 / 53°11'21"N
Longitude: -2.8882 / 2°53'17"W
OS Eastings: 340749
OS Northings: 366175
OS Grid: SJ407661
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.30XY
Mapcode Global: WH88F.L3W9
Plus Code: 9C5V54Q6+PP
Entry Name: Part of City Wall from Thimblebys Tower to Old Newgate
Listing Date: 28 July 1955
Last Amended: 6 August 1998
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376165
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470159
ID on this website: 101376165
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: City walls
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE CITY WALLS
595-1/4/117 Part of City Wall from Thimbleby's
28/07/55 Tower to Old Newgate
(Formerly Listed as:
City Walls & Towers incl.
foundations of SE angle Roman
Fortress wall & tower)
GV I
Length of City Wall angled approximately to follow the line of
the inner rampart at the south-east corner of the former Roman
legionary fortress (qv). Late C11 to early C12, probably
damaged 1644-1646 during the Civil War, stripped of defensive
features and converted to a raised promenade 1702-8 and
repaired in various periods. Red coursed rubble sandstone,
partly refaced. This length of the wall is approx 60m, with
the wall walk approx 2m wide. The inner face has a projecting
plinth.
(Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J: Chester City:
30007/12/24).
Listing NGR: SJ4074966175
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