Chester, Cheshire - City Walls - lovely 1970s Dennis postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The City Walls, Chester - shows family on the walls - lovely bright 1970s card
• Publisher:  Dennis (C.1239)
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
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• Notes / condition: excellent & clean 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade. From about 100 AD they were reconstructed using sandstone, but were not completed until over 100 years later. Following the Roman occupation nothing is known about the condition of the walls until Æthelflæd refounded Chester as a burgh in 907. The defences were improved, although the precise nature of the improvement is not known. After the Norman conquest, the walls were extended to the west and the south to form a complete circuit of the medieval city. The circuit was probably complete by the middle of the 12th century.

Maintenance of the structure of the walls was an ongoing concern. They were further fortified before the Civil War, and were damaged during the war. Following this they ceased to have a defensive purpose, and were developed for leisure and recreation. The walls are now a major tourist attraction, and form an almost complete circuit of the former medieval city, providing a walkway of about 2 miles (3.2 km). Upkeep and repair of the walls continues to be a problem.

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Chester city walls are a major tourist attraction for visitors to the city. They form an almost complete circuit of the city as it was in the medieval era, and measure almost 2 miles (3.2 km) in circumference.^[19][20][21] The walk is approximately rectangular in plan, on a continuous elevated walkway, apart from a short section on the south of the city. It incorporates medieval structures, including Bonewaldesthorne's Tower, attached to the Water Tower at the northwest corner, Pemberton's Parlour and Morgan's Mount on the north section of the walls, Phoenix Tower, Thimbleby's Tower and Barnaby's Tower on the east section of the walls, and the base of a drum tower on the south section. It crosses roads on the four major medieval gates to the city, Northgate, Eastgate, Bridgegate, and Watergate, and more modern roads on Newgate and St Martin's Gate. The walk also crosses Kaleyard Gate on the eastern section of the walls, and passes the Recorder's Steps on the south section.^[22]

The walls comprise the most complete Roman and medieval defensive town wall system in Britain.^{[21][23][24][25]} The entire circuit of the walls, together with the towers and gates, is recognised as a Scheduled Monument.^[26] Almost every section of the walls has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,^[20] the only exception being the section of the walls between Bridgegate and the County Hall, which is listed at Grade II*.^[27] Upkeep and repair of the walls continue to cause problems. In 2008 a section of the wall collapsed and had to be repaired. It was reopened in 2010.^[28][29][30] There have been several fatal accidents of people falling from the walls.^[31]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=cheshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted