His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester visited Chester Civic Trust at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace (BLP) in May. Personnel from the Trust were on hand to guide the Duke through the displays, exhibits and discuss Chester Civic Trust’s work and role. The discussions related to his previous visit to Chester in 1975 in European Architectural […]
The Chester Civic Trust has presented its 2025 ‘Good Bad and Ugly’ Special Award to Okells Hoole for their work restoring and bringing to life the former Co-op building in Walker Street. The awards which this year celebrate the Chester Civic Trust’s 65th year, recognise the best changes to the Chester property and civic scene […]
On April 16th Peter Cocker gave a superb and informative 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. […]
Chester Civic Trust Winners of 2025 ‘Good, Bad and Ugly’ Awards The Chester Civic Trust which celebrates its 65th year this year, 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. Now in its 19th […]
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 […]
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 […]