THE STRANGER’S HANDBOOK TO CHESTER

AND ITS ENVIRONS;

CONTAINING

A SHORT SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES,

A Descriptive Walk round the Walls,

AND

A VISIT TO THE CATHEDRAL, CASTLE, AND EATON HALL.

BY THOMAS HUGHES.

WITH THIRTY-FOUR NEW ILLUSTRATIONS, BY GEORGE MEASOM.

“My guide, philosopher, and friend.”

ENTERED AT STATIONERS’. HALL.

CHESTER: THOMAS CATHERALL, BOOKSELLER, EASTGATE ROW. LONDON: WHITTAKER & CO., AND WARD & LOCK.

LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

TO EDWARD HAWKINS, ESQ., F.R.S. & F.S.A.,

KEEPER OF THE ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

AND A “CHESHIRE MAN” WITHAL,

THIS NEW

STRANGER’S HANDBOOK TO THE CITY OF CHESTER

IS,

WITH A LIVELY SENSE OF HIS UNIFORM KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP,

GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.