On April 16th Peter Cocker will give a talk on Thomas Brassey: The World’s Greatest Railway Builder, celebrated at Chester Railway Station. Born in Buerton near Chester in 1805, Thomas constructed Chester Station and worked alongside noted engineers of his time such as George and Robert Stephenson, Joseph Locke and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He built […]
JANUARY 5th 7pm.* ‘Twelfth Night Quiz’ – Bishop Lloyds Palace – £10 including festive refreshments – booking forms in December mail out WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15th at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm Lecture Series: DR JAMES WRIGHT will talk about his recent book ‘Historic Building Mythbusting’ THURSDAY JANUARY 30th** at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace at […]
In 2005 Chester unveiled two ambitious collaborative plans. Its Place Marketing Strategy set out the vision of Chester becoming a must-see European city by 2015 and its Culture Park set out the steps to achieve it through sensitive development that would make the most of the city’s assets. They were lauded nationally as forward-thinking best […]
There were trials and executions of witches in Chester in the seventeenth century and this meeting on Friday 28th February explored some aspects and myths around this. Local historian, Peter Elliott, discusses this on his Chesterwiki site which inspired one of our members, Clare Dudman, to create a film about the events, ‘The Three Ravens’. […]
On 30th January 2025 Michael Trevor Barnston gave a superb talk on ‘The Trevor Barnston Family: From the Norman Conquest to the 21st Century’. Michael spoke about his fascinating family history stretching back to 1066 when Hugh de Berneston settled in the Wirral, in the area of the village of Barnston. Michael can trace his family history […]
The AGM was held on Thursday 3rd October 2024 in the Refectory, Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh Street, Chester. The formal business was preceded by a fantastic talk from The Bishop of Chester, Mark Tanner. Mark spoke significantly about the buildings we inherit, use and pass on to others and how their function might, or has […]
Now in its 18th year, The Chester Civic Trust has given its verdict on the best examples of new development, renovation of existing buildings and community projects in its annual Good, Bad and Ugly awards for the City. The awards made at a ceremony at the headquarters of Chester Civic Trust at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace […]