Chester
Chester was an early castle which was probably built in or before
1070 when William the Conqueror took the city during a Saxon-Welsh
revolt against his rule. It is to be presumed that a motte was an
early feature of this castle, but only the low hill in the picture
above now remains of this if it existed. During the twelfth
century a curtain wall is said to have been added around the inner ward
and the Flag and Agricola towers built. In 1237 the castle
passed to the Crown and much work was done here by both Henry III
(1216-72) and his son Edward I (1272-1307). The castle was twice
attacked in the English Civil War.
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Paul Martin Remfry
